Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Angel Scars ❯ The angel is attacked ( Chapter 1 )

-Angel Scars-

It was very late and the sky had already darkened to black, Yugi was at his best friend Jou's apartment, where the two had just finished watching a movie and Yugi was getting up ready to leave.

"Yug, d'ya want me to walk ya home? I mean it's really dark and-"

"Thank you Jou, but I'm not a little kid. I can take care of myself."

Yugi gave Jou one of his heart-melting smiles to know that he didn't mean it in a bad way.

"There's no point in you going all the way to my house just to come back here again."

Jou nodded, although he still didn't like the idea of his small friend walking home alone in the dark.

"You have a mobile right? If anything happens-"

"Yami would be there before I got a chance to call anyone. We have the link remember?"

Jou sighed, he had forgotten the link. He knew that if anything were to happen Yami would be there in an instant.

Yugi hugged his taller friend who then walked him to the front door.

"Onegai, be careful Yug, I don't want anything to happen to ya."

"I'll be careful, Jou. Don't worry!"

Yugi walked out the door just as it began to rain slightly. Hugging his coat closer to his chest Yugi began to walk faster. It was very dark.

~*~

He had been walking for what seemed like hours, but had only been fourteen minutes. He really wished he had taken Jou up on that offer, his friend was a lot tougher and not to mention taller, than he was.

Every few minutes he would look back thinking that he was being followed, only to stare into the eyes of a rather startled cat.

When he finally reached the alleyway he knew he was almost home-free, but this was the worst part, the alley was very long and very dark. There were no lights at all and you couldn't see the ending because there were several corners.

And to make you feel even safer several murders had been reported recently in this alley; the killers never caught.

Letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding he tentatively walked forwards, gasping as the ground shook, only to realise that the pavement tile was loose.

Frowning at his mistake he preceded through the alley, the faster he walked the faster he got out.

Glancing over his shoulder he was sure he had heard someone breathing, other than his own. But he could see no one. Turning back he felt something slam into his chest and then pin him to the wall.

"Ah! Let go, please let go!"

"I don't think so. You owe me some money, kid."

"I-I don't have any. I'm really sorry but-"

"That's too bad. But don't you worry, I'm sure we can come to some kind of agreement..."

Yugi waited for what he knew was going to come. It had happened everyday before he became friends with Jou and Honda, and he knew exactly what to expect.

His attacker punched him in the face, and he felt blood trickle down his lip, then he was punched in the ribs, this brought him to the floor.

"Bet you wish you had some money on you now!"

/Yami...help me...please.../

But the link was cut off when he fell to the floor and the puzzle smashed. He had no idea if the message got to Yami or not.

Then his attacker took out a knife, silver plated with a wooden carved handle, it had his initials engraved in it.

With a sadistic smirk the man slashed across Yugi's back, ripping his uniform jacket. Two slices in his back, on his shoulder blades. They were very deep and bled heavily, turning his shirt and jacket a deep crimson.

The attacker then stole his watch, thinking that the puzzle was plastic and worthless he left it, walking off down the alley leaving the small, unconscious boy to bleed to death.

~*~

Yugi lay in the pool of blood for a few minutes until the sound of people running, frantically calling out his name could be heard. And the sirens of an ambulance in the background.

"Yug! Kuso, Yami, I've found him."

Another gasp could be heard as the one named Yami ran to where his blonde friend stood shocked, a torch in his hand illuminating the pale face of his hikari.

"Yugi, wake up. Please aibou, I don't know what I'd do if..."

Yami couldn't finish, and Jou had to hold the spirit back, he could hurt Yugi further by moving his broken body.

"Yami, calm down. The ambulance is on its way. You're not helping Yugi by acting like this; he can feel your emotions...if you're scared he will be too."

Yami attempted to calm down. They had found the broken puzzle next to his aibou; Yami had fixed it easily and then placed the chain around Yugi's neck.

He had instantly felt all of the pain Yugi was feeling.

"There, better? The ambulance is here now, he's gonna be fine."

"Thanks Jou, I hope you're right..."

~*~

Yugi had been rushed off to the ER as soon as they arrived, and Jou and Yami had been in the waiting room for the entire four hours.

At first Jou had been blaming himself, wishing he had walked with him.

Yami was blaming himself, wishing he had noticed his light was in trouble.

Then they began to blame each other, just to make themselves feel a bit better. But it didn't work and they both just ended up even more upset than before.

So they apologised and both agreed to blame the attacker.

Jou had fallen asleep on one of the hard plastic chairs, and Yami was sitting in a trance, staring at nothing in particular.

"Motou-san? Jounouchi-san?"

Jou woke up at the sound of his name and looked around sleepily. But became instantly alert when he saw the grave look on the doctors face.

"Is he okay? Yami?"

Yami had snapped out of the trance and was looking directly at the doctor.

"Tell me now, Healer. Is my hikari alright?"

The angry look in the boys crimson eyes scared the doctor more than a little, but he didn't let it show.

"We have managed to stop the internal bleeding, he isn't breathing on his own yet, but we will remove the respirator as soon as he wakes up. He has suffered several broken ribs and a fractured wrist.

But the lacerations on his back were very deep, we have put in several stitches but they are bleeding quite badly, he lost a lot of blood. He will probably be scarred for life. I am sorry."

Yami tried to take in all of the information at once.

"So, can we go and see him?"

"Only family members."

He shot a glance at Jou before turning to Yami.

"You are his brother, right? He's in the ICU, just down the hall."

"Thank you. Jou I'll be gone for a while, you might want to go home for a bit."

Jou nodded and after giving his friend a hug he left.

Yami took a deep breath and began to walk down the hallway, he passed by many doors on the way to Yugi's, all of the patients were in bad condition, and more than one room had crying family members.

Yami averted his gaze, he didn't want to think about what he was going to see when he entered Yugi's room.

But soon he was outside the door, it was already open and he looked up to the small figure lying on large hospital bed.

Yugi looked, if at all possible, even smaller; dwarfed by all of the machines pumping medicine and blood into him.

Yami choked back a few tears, and moved closer to the bed. Gazing at his hikari's sleeping form he gently stroked his hair from his face.

Even in this terrible condition, to Yami Yugi still looked like an angel. His little angel.

A tear made its way down his cheek, glistening in the moonlight which was filtering in through the gap in the curtains.

//Aibou? Can you hear me?//

/.../

Yami sighed and took a seat next to the bed, careful not to remove any important wires or tubes.

//Yugi, I'm right here. I'm so sorry I let this happen...please forgive me. I didn't mean for you to get hurt//

/Not...your fault.../

Yami looked up, Yugi's eyes were still closed, but he had definitely spoken through their link.

//Aibou, can you open your eyes?//

/Iie...Too heavy...Sleepy.../

Yami smiled slightly and stroked his hair, through the link he could feel Yugi was comforted by his presence.

/...Yami...Sorry for being trouble...Wish I was stronger...like you...gomen.../

//Shh, little light. It's okay; you've done nothing wrong. They caught the man who did this, and there's no way even I or Jou would have been able to do anything. He had a knife too hikari.//

/But...weak...pathetic.../

//Never say that. Hikari you are the strongest person I know. That's why I love you.//

/Love?...Me?...Really?.../

//Hai. More than anything in the world. We'll talk more when you are better, for now get some rest, okay?//

/Sleep now...night 'Ami...arigato.../

//Sleep well, aibou. I'll be right here//

/…Aishiteru/

-To be Continued-

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~Written 12/27/2003~

~Revised 2/14/2004~