The Dark Force

Chapter 3 Hospital

He didn't know why he was out. Maybe he was angry? Yes he remember that feeling, but there was also something else. Another feeling... Fear? Yes, that's it! But, why?

Slowly shaking his head to clear it, Yami continued to walk down the poorly lit street. With his hands in his black pants front pockets and a hood over his head, shielding everything from view but his eyes. He looked truly terrifying.

The sound of an owl caught his attention and he stopped and turned his head to look at the few trees that surrounded the area he was in. Slowly blinking Yami again shacked his head, finding himself easily distracted, before he continued to walk.

How long had he been walking? How late was it? Why was he walking around in the middle of the night? He didn't know the answers to any of these questions. He couldn't remember no matter how hard he tried.

I told you not to trust them. Let me take care of them.

"No" A simple word, but also one of the strongest. It was the only thing that was keeping the voice from killing his... Parents.

Amethyst widened in realization and he stopped instantly, almost tripping over his own legs. His parents.

"What happened?" He whispered. It was an old habit. Everyone looked weirdly at him if they heard him talking to himself.

Nothing

"Don't lie, please."

You wanna trust them. I don't want to take that away from you

"But I don't care... I just, wanna know. I ca-" His voice got even more quiet, if that was even possible, it was as if he hadn't said a word, a voice coming from the wind. But his sentence got cut of by a quiet groan coming from somewhere to his right.

He moved his head in the direction of the sound and, after hearing it again, he slowly started to make his way towards a small alleyway. Opening his mouth to speak, he quickly thought better of it and instead just kept walking.

Seeing in the dark had never been a problem for Yami. He guessed it had something to do with the voice, it gave him... Weird abilities.

"Should I give you a name?" Yami asked as he finally reached the alley and walked in. Still hearing small sounds of pain from whoever was there.

You seem to like 'the voice'

"It feels weird calling you that." A laugh was all the answer he got and he felt himself shaking his head before a small gasp escaped his lips, his eyes growing slightly bigger as he stopped.

"Yugi" With his head slightly on the side he crouched down beside the still form of his... Friend? No he wasn't his friend, Yugi didn't see him as a friend. No, they were just classmates.

"Yugi?" Yami asked before he gently shook the others shoulders. "Yugi, wake up"

It didn't take long for Yami to give up on trying to wake Yugi up. No matter what he tried, it was like he was under a spell. Like sleeping beauty.

"How did she wake up?" Yami asked himself as he tilted his head to the side. "A kiss wasn't it?" Shaking his head he leaned down closer to Yugi, his hand ghosting over his right cheek as he moved a little bit closer.

Suddenly, amethyst eyes shot open and a groan was once again heard.

"Are you alright Yugi?" Yami asked carefully as he helped the other boy to sit up and rest against the wall behind him.

"I, don't know. My head hurts."

"What happened?" Had Yugi been more awake, then he may had noticed the lack of emotion that Yami was showing. No concern was heard in his voice nor could you see any in his eyes. His face was lost of any kind of emotion. But, thanks to the headache Yugi didn't notice any of this, he barely even noticed he was talking.

"Those guys... From school" Yugi answered in a quiet whisper.

"From school? You mean those... Bullies?" Yami asked and Yugi slowly nodded. "What-" Stopping in mid sentence Yami thought about the situation he was in. Yugi didn't look to good and sure he wanted to know what happened with him but, he guessed he could imagine it. After all those guys didn't seem to like Yugi that much.

Yami sighed when he realized that he probably wouldn't be able to go home anytime soon. Not that it mattered, whatever happened had made the voice mad and he still was. Better to let it cool of before going back.

"Can you stand up?" He asked and Yugi slowly nodded and, with some help from Yami, he slowly stood up. Clinging to Yami for dear life they started to walk out of the alley.

"You think you have the strength to show me where the hospital is?" Yami asked and Yugi nodded before he moved his arm, pointing to show where Yami was supposed to go.

It took them almost twenty minutes, but after a lot of groans and moans from Yugi's side were they finally able to reach the hospital. Or at least see it.

But as they were just a few meters away gave Yugi's legs up and he feel down on the ground. Yami, who had been stuck in Yugi's death grip from the whole walk, fell down with him and almost landed over the smaller boy.

"Yugi?"

"I... I can't, I'm so tried Yami. I'm sorry, I just can't move."

Looking down at the other Yami felt a weird feeling starting to form in his chest. Shaking his head he ignored it as he always did when he felt something, and looked over at the hospital.

"It's just a few more steps, you can do it Yugi, come on." Yami said as he practically dragged Yugi up on his feet. After noticing that Yugi wouldn't be moving any time soon, Yami moved his arms around his waist to make sure that he wouldn't fall, before he started to walk towards the hospital.

It felt like ages before he finally managed to get them both inside the building. He was already tired when he had found himself walking around aimlessly but now, after helping Yugi, where he was forced to almost drag him with him for half the walk, could he barely keep his eyes open.

Yami never noticed that Yugi had already blacked out, nor did he notice the many worried voices around him. He didn't register that he no longer hold Yugi or that he was no longer standing up. All he could think about was how tired he felt and how much the clock was. Probably around midnight. Was his last thought before he feel asleep, oblivious to what was happening around him.

A low groan woke Yami up and he slowly sat up. Looking down he noticed that he was laying on a, very white, bed. Rubbing his left eye he looked around the small room before standing up on unsteady legs. There was a small window near where he stood and after looking out could he clearly see the moon as it slowly began moving down from the sky. On the other end could light from the sun be seen, it wasn't much, but enough to know that it would be morning in less then two hours.

Moving over to the other bed Yami looked down at the sleeping boy. He decided to wait until the other woke up, but he didn't even have the change to sit down before a low groan was heard from the other.

"Yugi?" He softly said, stirring the boy to life and two blurry amethyst eyes slowly opened.

"Hmm, what, Yami?"

"You alright?"

"I think so." Yugi said as he slowly sat up on the hospital bed. His eyes blinking slowly to get them used to the light in the room. He looked around, confusion filling his eyes before they widened ever so slightly when he remembered what had happened. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me." He only did it because he didn't feel like going home, it was no reason to thank him. Someone like Yugi shouldn't have to thank him about anything.

Yami sat down on a chair that had been placed right next to Yugi's bed. The perfect place for a chair to be in a hospital, just waiting for the next person to catch when they fall down after seeing their loved ones laying in the hospital bed, dying. Shaking his head Yami cleared it from those thoughts as the door to their room opened and a woman walked in. She smiled warmly at the two boys and Yugi kindly smiled back while Yami's expression didn't change the sightless.

"I'm glad to see that you're both awake. You gave us quite the scare." Yami blinked at her words as he looked at her closely. She looked so much like her it was almost scary. The same smile, the same beautiful long black hair tied up in a ponytail, even her face looked the same. She had the exact same features as her. Hadn't it been for her eyes would he almost had thought that she was back.

A dark look suddenly crossed his features and Yami looked down at the floor. She was gone, no matter what he hoped she wasn't going to come back. Why couldn't he just understand that?

"How are you feeling dear?" The woman suddenly asked, startling Yami back to the real world. His dark look vanished as his normal blank stare came back and he he looked up.

"Good, hurting on a few places but other then that I think I'm fine." Yugi said, a frown crossing his features before his normal smile came back.

"I'm glad to hear that." The woman said as she started to turn around and walk back towards the door. Yami hadn't even noticed that she was standing beside the bed until she started to walk away. "I'm gonna go get a doctor. But I'm sure the both of you can walk out of here today." She said kindly before she walked out, closing the door behind her. Yami looked after her for a few minutes before Yugi's voice made him turn his head to look at his doppelganger.

"What did you say?" He asked

"I said, that it's weird. I can remember every hit and I know for a fact that I didn't get hit in the face." He said as he moved his right bandaged hand to touch his mildly red colored cheek. "I know I moved my arms to protect it." He frowned again. "So why is my cheek hurting?" The last sentence was said in a low voice indicating that Yugi was no longer talking to Yami. Still, he heard him, he knew that answer, so he saw no reason as to why he shouldn't answer.

"I hit you" He said plainly and Yugi stopped. It took almost a whole minute before he turned his head to look at the older boy.

"You- What- Why?" He stuttered and Yami looked at him, his eyes showing confusion, though it vanished almost instantly. His eyes turning back to showing nothing.

"You didn't wake up."

"So you hit me?" Yugi asked and Yami nodded.

"You refused to wake up." Looking dumbfounded Yugi slumped back on the bed, staring at absolutely nothing. Yami looked at him weirdly before shrugging and looking out the window.

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I wasn't going to end it here, but I want to publish this chapter and if I were to continue then this chapter would just go on forever.

I'm really sorry for the long wait, I hope this chapter made up for it. If there's still people reading this book that is. Feels like ages since I published anything to be honest.

Oh and before I forget. "Guest or same guest or what I should call you" if you're still reading than I have an answer for your little question about Yami and the voice. My answer; I don't know.

I thank you who have all leaved a review, it means more than you think.

See Ya!