Endless dream

Dragonlady222: ^-^ now if I let yugi go and tell Yami the fic would be far to short don't you think?

Shamise: Hmm…He'll get his in the end. The bad guys always do!

J Chan: Yeah, that kind of is the point. They wouldn't be villains if you loved them! But then again Bakura and Marik were villains but people still loved them…O_o guess it depends on the persons looks~!

Right-Read_time: Sorry this update is a bit late. But at least it's an update ne?

MewMew2: ^-^ Thank you! And I will continue. I love writing fanfics to much to stop~ Because I can't wait to see what people are ganna say when they find out what's ganna happen~

Masa-chan: Sorry this isn't updating 'soon' but it's still an update! And yes, poor Yugi and Malik. ^-^ I love tormenting my favorite characters. Ryou will probably be tormented in some way shape or form sooner or later~

Endless Dream
By Yami Kitsune
Chapter five
Unbetaread version!
The week seemed to be going by abnormally slow for Yugi. It was Friday afternoon and lunch break had just started. Yugi wanted nothing more then to go find a quiet place behind the school and eat his lunch. He didn't know how much longer he'd be able to face Yami and the others, not when he knew where Malik was. And knew who had him. And today proved to be turning out even worse for Yugi, Marik was dragged to school that day by Bakura and Ryou. Though all of them would have rather been out looking for Malik, there was nothing more they could do. It was in the hands of the police now.

"Come on Marik, you've gatta eat something." Bakura snapped as he glared at his best friend. Marik just looked back at him.

"How many times do I have to tell you? I'm not hungry!"

"Marik." Yami began but held up his hands in defence when Marik turned his murderous glare on him. "Hey! Don't give me that look. We're just worried about you that's all." Marik grumbled leaning back in his seat.

"If you were so worried about me you would let me be out there looking for Malik again! Not forcing me to come to this hell hole!" Marik snapped.

"If you didn't come to school you would have been expelled." Yami pointed out.

"I don't care. As long as Malik is found. I can always go to another school."
"And leave the two of us here to rot away in this 'hell hole'?" Bakura shot back.

"Why not? That's what all of you have been doing all week while I was looking for Malik." Marik said. But he had gone too far. Both Yami and Bakura were half way up from their seats when someone banged both their fists on the table knocking over a glass of milk that landed on Marik's lap.

"Ra damn it!" Marik yelped.

"Don't you DARE say something like that ever again!" Ryou shouted at Marik. Suddenly the cafeteria seemed deathly quiet. No one had ever heard Ryou raise his voice, not even Bakura. No matter how mad he got Ryou was always the 'quiet' one. "Don't make the mistake that you are the only one who is worried about Malik." A tear rolled down Ryou's cheek. Bakura glared at Marik kicking his chair, though he wanted to do more to him for making Ryou cry.

"Ryou…I…" Marik stuttered trying to find something, he could say to make it better. "I didn't mean…"

"…I know you're upset…but Malik is my best friend…" Ryou sank back down into his seat burring his face in his hands. Bakura sat next to Ryou and put a hand on his back.

'The police will find him. And we can go out this weekend and look for him. Someone has to know SOMETHING." Yami said as he sat back down in his seat. He looked over when he spotted Yugi out of the corner of his eye. The smaller boy seemed to be standing frozen by the door as he watched the table of friends. This wasn't the first time Yami had noticed him do this. Yami was about to call him over and let him sit with them when he saw Yugi's eyes widen before he backed out of the cafeteria. Letting his eyes drift over to where Yugi had been looking Yami spotted Keith glaring at the door.

"…something's not right…" Yami said glancing back at the door.

"What do you mean?" Marik asked.

"Malik went missing Monday…" Yami said letting the sentence trail off as he remembered what Keith had said to him. He had passed it off as one of his stupid empty threats.

"Are you going to finish your thought or just keep us sitting on the edge of our seats guessing at what you're thinking." Bakura growled. Marik was about to voice his agreement when he noticed who Yami was looking at.

"You don't think…"

"I do." Yami said. This of course just pissed Bakura off even more since he still hadn't figured out what Yami was thinking.

"Keith." Yami said before Bakura could have his little outburst. Ryou looked up at Yami and then over at Keith who was glaring in their direction as if he had heard Yami say his name. Keith smirked at him making Ryou shiver and move closer to Bakura. Something about the way he was looking at him made Ryou feel uneasy. Bakura didn't much care for it either. He put his arm around Ryou sending his own glare at Keith before looking at Yami.

"So you think he's the reason Malik went missing?" Bakura asked.

"It makes sense doesn’t it?" Marik asked. "He's never liked us, we've never had anything for him to use against us. But now we do."

"I think you're giving him to much credit, he's not that smart. And if he did have Malik and wanted to use him against you, wouldn't he have made it known that he had Malik. You couldn't beat him up that way because he'd be the only one who knew where Malik was."

"Maybe he isn't done getting even with us." Yami said and he looked at Ryou as he said this. Bakura caught on quickly as to what Yami was saying. Pulling Ryou out of his chair Bakura sat the silver haired boy in his lap wrapping his arms protectively around him.

"That's easily dealt with, Ryou's not going anywhere without me."

"That might be fine for you, but what about Malik?" Marik asked.

"We'll follow Keith after school. He'd have to go and check on Malik sometime." Yami said all thoughts of Yugi gone from his head. After all, who would suspect little Yugi to have a hand in any of Keith's plans.

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Malik was curled up on his side shivering. The room wasn't exactly that cold but his cloths had been taken away from him the night before when that man had come by with Keith. The only reason for that was because Malik had made his first escape attempt.

Yugi had not been permitted to untie Malik; this rule was enforced the first day that Yugi had come by. Keith had stopped by to check and see if Yugi had done as he was told and come by to feed Malik, only to find the smaller boy loosening the knots to the ropes. Malik had watched as Yugi was lifted up by his hair and thrown across the room. What happened next made Malik realize that Yugi was just as much of a victim as he was.

*flash back*

"I don't think you understand the situation you are in Yugi." Keith glared down at Yugi kicking him in the stomach when he'd sat up enough.

"I'm sorry…" Yugi whimpered. "He said his wrists were hurting…I didn't think it would be a problem…" Yugi earned another kick for this.

"I think you need to be reminded what kind of position YOU are in as well, little brother." Keith said and pulled out his cellphone. By the time Yugi managed to sit up Keith was already talking on the phone with someone.

"Yeah, hi dad. I thought I'd call you and let you know, Yugi's standing right here in front of me. No, you can't come see him. But I think it should be alright if I let you talk to him, no one else is around." Keith said hitting a button and holding the phone up to Yugi.

"Yugi?" a voice came over the speaker phone. "Answer me Yugi. I already know you are there."

"H….hi papa…" Yugi said his voice shaking as bad as the rest of him.

Malik shifted on the bed to get a better look at Yugi frowning when he saw how pale the boy was. It looked as if he was going to be sick.

"I miss you Yugi. Are you going to come home and live with me?"

"N…no…the…th….I…" Yugi couldn't seem to make up his mind what he wanted to say. But the man on the other end of the phone had heard the soft 'no'.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO!! I AM YOUR FATHER!!! YOU BELONG TO ME!" The man continued shouting. Yugi shrank back against the wall hyperventilating and covering his ears trying to block out the yelling. Keith hung up the phone and looked at Yugi.

"Don't mess up again, or I'll bring father here with me next time I see you." Keith said leaving the room slamming the door behind him. Yugi didn't move from his spot on the floor. Malik watched Yugi sadly. The small boy was rocking back and forth his breathing not slowing down at all. Malik knew if he couldn't calm Yugi down the boy was going to pass out and he was sure that wasn't a good thing.

*End*

Malik had been able to calm Yugi down. But the ropes had not been removed. And since that day Yugi hadn't said a single word to him when he came over. But yesterday, after Yugi had left Keith had come by with that man. Malik had recognized his voice from the phone call. The ropes had been taken off him then. And he was allowed to stretch. That had been their first mistake. He hoped that man was sporting a black eye now.

Malik knew from the start he would not have been a match for two of them, he was back on the bed before he'd made it to the door. His cloths had been ripped away, where they were now Malik didn't know. The good thing was, he was untied now, the bad thing was, there was a collar around his neck. Normally meant for a dog, but it was doing the truck of keeping Malik on the bed. Malik didn't like getting electric shocks if he moved 'out of bounds'

Malik heard a key in the door and sat up quickly. Though he knew it was probably Yugi he didn't know if Keith would be with him or not. Yugi slowly entered the room with his normal shopping bag of food. Closing the door behind him and locking it. Malik sighed and laid back on the bed hissing when his back came in contact with the rough sheets. This caught Yugi's attention. Not saying a thing, he walked over to the bed noticing the new set up with the collar and being careful not to mess anything up that Keith had set up.

"You don't seem too surprised by this." Malik said motioning to the collar he was warring. Yugi blinked staring at Malik for a second before looking away.

"…father…made me ware one…" Yugi said softly.

"How's school?" Malik asked knowing it was best to steer away from the subject of Yugi's father. He didn't know how Yugi would react to talking about it. But the question about school seemed to have sent Yugi over the edge anyway. Yugi slowly sank to his knees crying.

"…I can't…I can't do this…" Malik sat up watching Yugi closely.

"…can't do what?"

"THIS! I can't…help Keith any more….I don't WANT to! I'm sorry…I'm so sorry…"

"Yugi, look at me." Malik said. Yugi's head shot up instantly to look at Malik. He had been given an order and followed it with out thought. "What Keith is doing…it's not your fault. You're as much of a captive as I am. Even worse then I am I think." Yugi blinked staring at Malik looking confused.

"I don't know the whole story. And I don't think I want to know. But what I've been able to peace together is…your father abused you, badly. And Keith can some how send you back to live with him if you don't do what he says. That's worse then holding you against your will. He's making you do things you don't want to do. It's not your fault. And I know that Marik and the others will figure out who is behind this. And Keith will wish he had never been born."

"…they'll hate me…"

"who?"

"Y-…yami…"

Malik smiled and put a hand on Yugi's head. "He wont' hate you. I can grantee you when he finds out, he'll want to kill Keith personally."

"Like that will ever happen." A new voice said from the doorway making both boys jump and look over quickly. All color drained from Yugi's face as he stood there staring at the man that had come into the room. How he'd gotten in without either of the boys noticing was beyond them. But at the moment, they didn't really care. The fact was, he was here. And that was trouble.

"What's this Yugi? No hug for your old man?" He asked holding out his arms. But Yugi didn't move from where was. "My, my, my. It looks like all those lessons of respect have been forgotten. Maybe I should…refresh your memory?" The man smirked and advanced on the two boys.

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Keith walked around town stopping at small stores here and there picking up some rope, and clothes. He didn't want to take the chance and go by the hotel, on the off chance that he was being followed. From the look Yami had given him today in school, it was a safe bet that the 'king of games' was suspecting Keith for Malik's disappearance. And although he was right, Keith didn't want him to know that yet. No, his plan was only beginning. And there was still a lot more to be done.

The only problem was, Keith was having a hard time keeping his old man away from the hotel room. He'd been forced to bring his father by last night and show him Malik. And as predicted, the psycho couldn't wait to sink his claws into Malik. And after that idiot's escape attempt last night, Keith would have been fine with just tying Malik back up and leaving him like that. But his old man had other plans.

"If you don’t show them who's boss now, they'll never learn." He'd then taken the rope and used it as a whip. Not a very good one, but it got the job done.

//there's no way he's going to interfere with my plans.// Keith thought to himself. Part of him was regretting ever getting his father involved with this. But it couldn't have been helped. It was the only way to keep Yugi in line. Without leaving any physical evidence.

Keith made one more stop at a continent store before heading home. He would wait until later that night to sneak out and go to the hotel room. He was sure that the others wouldn't follow him then.

TBC>>>

Okay. Yes, semi short chapter. But hey! It's an update!!! ^-^