The Dark Force

Chapter 4 See the difference?

I'm sorry for the lack of action in this chapter. I got writers block and this chapter didn't wanna work with me, this was all I could get out. The next one will be better I promise. Also I haven't had the time to read through this one yet, which means there's probably a few grammar mistakes here and there.

"Why aren't you with your friends?" Yami turned around at the voice and saw the same woman who had looked up him and Yugi before. The one who looked so much like her. He hated her, no he wanted to hate her but he couldn't. He didn't feel hate anymore, nor did he try to feel it. It didn't matter. Hate, happiness, sadness, confusion none of it mattered anymore. Nothing did.

"Are you alright?" Alright? Was he alright? How should he know. He felt fine, probably. How does it feel when you're not alright? When you're not good? How did Yugi feel when he was hurting. He looked so tired and weak, how does that feel?

Could she see that Yami wasn't feeling right even if he thought he did? But that doesn't make any sense. He felt… Fine?

Yami moved his hand to his head trying to calm down his raging headache. These questions didn't help him, they only hurt. Confusion leads to questions, questions leads to pain.

"I'm, fine?" A question? Did he ask- No, confusion leads to pain. Don't ask, it doesn't matter, it only brings pain.

The woman smiled kindly as she stepped closer to Yami. Putting a hand on his shoulder she looked at him with warm eyes, so much like hers.

"Why don't we go back to your friends?" She asked as she took hold of his hand and started to lead him away from the cafeteria, but stopped when she felt a pull and turned to look into his emotionless eyes as he stared at her.

"Why?" Questions, confusion, the want for an answer to what happens around you. It seems like you can't escape it. You always want answers and for that you need to ask. But they hurt, why does it exist if it only hurts?

The woman blinked at his words before she frowned. He looked empty. She had seen many different people come into this hospital. Some filled with grief and sadness, some with happiness, confusion or even rage. Everyone different while still having that one thing in common, they all showed something. This boy, Yami, he didn't show anything. Wasn't he allowed to as a kid? Or is the reason much deeper then that?

"I'm sure they want to see you."

"Why?"

"Because they're your friends are they not?" His friends? He's never had friends, he doesn't need them. They told him that friends makes you happy, they help you when you're down, they make you laugh and feel happy. He doesn't need that. Happiness is bound to be crushed sooner or later so why bother with something that will eventually vanish. Friends are something you get to make sure that you don't feel lonely, to make sure that you can have fun and be happy. He didn't need that, he had the voice, Pain. He never felt lonely with him always there in the back of his head, and happiness? Again, it'll eventually be crushed. Why bother.

Yami never answered her, he only let her continue to guide him back towards Yugi's room. But he didn't want to go in there. He didn't want to go in there with her, she looked so much, acted so much, talked so much like… like mom.

Slightly turning to the left, Yami saw the nameplate the woman wore over her uniform. He never noticed it before but now, when he saw the beautifully written name, he lost it. His mind went blank as he pulled his hand away from the woman's firm grip before turning around and running away. He let his body control him as he ran down the many corridors, watching as he ran by door after door until he finally found the lobby. From there he ran out of the building, ignoring the old man who tried to stop him when he heard the woman yell. He didn't wanna stay in the hospital anymore, he couldn't take it. Same name, same face, same voice, same caring nature. He hated her, he hated her for making him lose it. For almost making him cry, for making him want to hold her and never let go. He hated her because she reminded him so much, of his mother.

"You sure you're alright? Does it hurt when I touch your leg? Is your head hurting? How many fingers do I have?"

"Ten, and I'm fine Joey. I feel perfectly fine ad the doctor said I could go home as soon as they've double checked everything." Yugi answered in a vain attempt to calm down his friend. It worked, somewhat. Joey still didn't seem happy but he didn't say anything more about it. He only looked half dumbfounded as he looked at his two fingers, slowly realizing the mistake he made with his words. Of course he have ten fingers...

"What happened? Your grandpa only told us that you were in the hospital." Tea asked. She too was worried for her friend but didn't let it show as much as Joey. She could see that he still was in a small amount of pain, but he seemed fine and therefore she decided mot to bring up the topic.

However she was still shacking from what had just happened not long ago. The call from Yugi's grandpa telling her that Yugi was in the hospital had almost given her a heart attack. She knew he was bullied and that he often got beaten, bur never before had it been so bad he had to go to the hospital.

She had run as fast as she could, meeting up with the others before running inside the tall building. There they had meet up with Yugi's grandpa who told them where Yugi was. He told tell them that he would come in a few minutes before they were gone, running down the hallway towards room 109.

"Well, I can't really remember that much. I only know that I was walking home and then I was on the ground, holding my head while I felt someone hitting me over and over." Yugi answered as he scratched the side of his head. The hospital staff had told him that there's a big chance he wouldn't be able to remember everything that had occurred the night before.

"But how did you get here? You managed to walk all the way all on your own?" Joey asked and Yugi shacked his head.

"No I didn't. Someone helped me-"

"Who!?" Joey said before Yugi had the chance to finish, and as he opened his mouth to answer the door to his room opened. The three teens turned their heads, curious to see who it was that had, without meaning to, interrupted their conversation.

An old man with hair in the same style as Yugi's walked into the room. His eyes looked at the three occupants in the room and smiled before moving to the left giving way for a woman to enter the already cooped up room.

"Did you find Yami?" Yugi asked slowly when he saw the look on the woman's face. She seemed to be thinking about something, it didn't feel like she was really there with them.

"Yes." The woman went quiet. She looked at the floor for what felt like hours before she suddenly took a deep breath, as if she needed to calm down, before looking at Yugi. The smile still on her face but it was more, real this time. "I'm afraid he needed to go."

"Aw, I wanted to thank him for helping Yug." Tea looked over at Joey and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry, we'll thank him tomorrow. School remember?" She said before she and the old man started laughing as Joey's eyes went as wide as dining plates.

"I thought we didn't have that tomorrow! What a mood killer..."

Yugi laughed with the others, though he stooped shortly after. He knew a lot about people. Having been lied to his whole life from his father and mother, it made you able to read people in a way not many could. She was lying. He knew she was. But why would she lie about that? Was Yami hurt? But she should've said of that had happened, she was a nurse after all. Did something awkward happen?

Yugi shook his head. Yami didn't seem like the kind of guy who would be bothered with that. To be honest, he didn't feel like the kind of guy who would be bothered by anything. He had only known the guy for, what, two days? Who was he to say how Yami was. Maybe he was just shy? No, that didn't fit him at all. So then what was it? Yugi knew there was something not right with him. He had seen it the moment he put his eyes on him. Could it be that she had noticed too? But why would she care? She seemed like the kind of type who would but, what did he know? Yugi was good at finding lies but, he wasn't the best when it came to finding out peoples personalities. That he'd noticed the hard way.

"Yeah, let's thank him tomorrow."

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Sooooo I don't know if any of you have noticed, but I made a little mistake in chapter 3 without really thinking about it... I'm embarrassed.

And I know! I need to get better with updating stuff but, ugh. I think it'll be better in a few weeks, hopefully. Oh and you see the name for the chapter? Yeah i don't know what that's supposed to mean. I'll come up with a better one later.