Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams for love ❯ chapter three: ( Chapter 3 )

Disclaimer: I do not own The sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel or Yugioh, Please don't sue.

*Hello darkness, my old friend,

I've come to talk with you again,

Because a vision softly creeping,

Left it's seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence*

Nine o'clock rolled around and Ryou shifted restlessly between the armchair and the window. ~Yugi-chan should be here by now… the library closed a half hour ago…Where are you my tenshi? ~ He thought as he watched the pathway leading to the door for any sign of the tri colored haired hikari.

Yami had dragged Bakura upstairs fifteen minutes prior, most likely to another make out session. Ryou felt a pang of hurt in his heart. He had no one to cuddle with, make out with; He had hoped that Yugi would be the one to take away the ache in his heart. ~ Where is he? What if he's hurt? What if something happened to him? ~ Ryou's mind was taking him on a full blown guilt trip and every 'what if' question ran through his mind. ~ If something bad did happen, it would be my entire fault. ~

Ryou heard the two yamis upstairs and the pain in his heart intensified by 10. How he longed to hold Yugi, to kiss him, to hold him. How many lonely nights had he spent wishing Yugi was there to cuddle with, how many cold showers had he taken from the images of Yugi writhing in pleasure beneath him, pleasure Ryou knew that he was responsible for causing the little tenshi squirm in delight.

~ Where is Yugi? ~ Ryou thought as he looked at the clock on the VCR. 920. ~ Dear Ra, why is he so late? I hope nothing bad happened to him. If something did happen, I would never forgive myself. And give hell or high water, I would kill the bastard who hurt him………That's it I'm going out to look for him. ~ With that, Ryou left the house in search of his tenshi, without a word to the two spirits upstairs.

*In restless dreams, I walk alone.

Narrow streets of cobblestone,

'Neath the halo of a streetlamp,

I turn my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of

A neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence*

Ryou slowly made his way to the library using Yugi's usual route, hoping to find his lost friend. He passed the foreboding alleyway on his way to the library, thinking nothing of it, but on his way back, Ryou decided that if Yugi was in a rush to get home he might of taken the alley as a shortcut. As he made his way down the alley, he went on full alert, not wanting something to jump out at him. Halfway down the alley, the smell of blood assaulted his nose. He glanced around and in the dim light he saw someone beating someone else up.

*And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more,

People talking without speaking,

People hearing without listening,

People writing songs that voices never share

And no one dared

Disturb the sound of silence*

Ryou ran to help the victim. His running scared the attacker, and instead of chasing the guy, Ryou stopped to see if the victim was alright. What He found shocked the seven hells out of him.

*"Fools" said I, " You do not know

Sliencelike a cancer grows.

Hear my words that I might teach you,

Take my arms that I might reach you."

But my words like Silent raindrops fell,

And echoed

In the wells of silence.*

Yugi was curled up in a ball. Blood coated his thighs, legs and pooled on the ground. His clothes were ripped and strewed about, some soaked up the blood.

"Great mother of Ra…YUGI." Ryou knelt next to his friend. When he touched the smaller boy's shoulder, Yugi flinched.

"Please…Please…Don't hurt…me anymore…We…"Yugi's voice was hoarse and cracked, his tiny frame shivered from sobs and from the cold. Ryou took off his jacket and wrapped it around Yugi. Then he gently picked Yugi up, in a way that he wouldn't hurt the little tenshi even more.

Yugi felt himself being picked up. His first instinct was to struggle, even if the warmth the person picking him up was familiar to him. Yugi struggled blindly, but a kind voice soothed his nerves. ~ Ryou? Can't be. ~ was Yugi's last thoughts as darkness took him into it's waiting arms.

"Shh… Calm down Yugi…It's gonna be alright. I'm here now, I'll protect you." Ryou tried sounding calm but on the inside he was anything but. When Yugi's struggling finally calmed down, Ryou looked down to make sure Yugi was still alive only to find the hikari fast asleep. Ryou smiled softly as he ran carefully through the streets of Domino not knowing where he was going. He finally arrived at his house.

*And people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made

And the sign flashed its warning

In the words it was forming

And the sings said the words of the prophets

Are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls

And whisper'd in the sounds of silence*

Ryou fumbled for his keys, but eventually got his free hand to work and opened the door to his house. He carried Yugi in bridal style and carried him to the bathroom. Once inside, Ryou placed Yugi on the ground carefully, not caring that blood would soak into the pristine white rug on the floor.

He turned on the water for the bath and made sure it was nice and warm. Once it was ready, Ryou stripped out of his own clothes and helped the unconscious Yugi into the bath. Ryou sat down behind Yugi and leaned Yugi back into his chest. Ryou, then, gently cleaned the blood off of Yugi's flesh.

An hour later, Ryou had Yugi cleaned up and wearing a pair of his old Gym uniform that was too small for him. Ryou carried Yugi out of the bathroom and into his own bedroom. He laid Yugi on the bed and covered him up. Ryou left the room briefly to bring a chair up from the dining room. Once he got back, Ryou placed the chair by the bed and sat down to keep vigil over Yugi's condition.

"I…I love you Yugi… I don't know what I would do if I lost you." Ryou whispered, brushing some of Yugi's golden bangs out of his face. Yugi seemed to lean into the touch. Ryou's eyes widened, and hoped that Yugi didn't wake up. No such luck.

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Kitsune: Well another cliffie. Sorry. And I'm sorry that it took so long to update. Just blame writers block. So does anyone know who Yugi's attacker is yet? (*HINT*) it starts with a 'W' not saying if it starts the first name or the last name.

Ryou: *@_@* I actually cussed?

Kitsune: Yeah, I'm sorry. That's kind of OOC for you.

Bakura: Why did you learn such language Hikari?

Ryou: Gee I wonder…Who could I have learned it from?

Saiyan: Umm… Please R&R.