Yugi was in his apartment, getting ready for his date with Yami that night. 'I'm glad that Yami got that lawsuit dropped. Mika was just a gold-digger.' Yugi thought.

After everything that had happened, Mika had been forced to drop her lawsuit against Yami given the fact that she had nothing to support her claims while there was plenty of evidence that she had been fired for reasonable means.

Yugi's phone rang.

Yugi picked up the receiver and said, "Hello?"

"Hi, little one." Yami said.

"Hi, Yami. What's up?" Yugi asked.

"I was letting you know I'm going to be a little late. Something came up that I have to deal with. I shouldn't be, but maybe thirty minutes later." Yami told him.

"Okay, Yami. I'll see you then." Yugi said. He hung up the phone.

Yugi went and sat down on the couch. 'I guess I'll just have to wait for Yami to come now.' Yugi thought, picking up the book that he had been reading.

"Are you ready for this?" Mika asked.

"Of course I am. I am all too glad to help out. I'll teach Yami a lesson about throwing me in jail." Tanisha said angrily.

"Then let's kill that little twerp." Mika said. She pulled a revolver out of her purse.

Tanisha smirked. "You know, I think that this is great Yami will suffer." Tanisha said.

"I know. It'll be all too easy to kill that little twerp. A bastard that is as weak as him will not be able to do much against us." Mika said.

"Then let's go." Tanisha said.

The two headed toward Yugi's apartment.

"Isn't Yugi going to be surprised?" Atemu asked.

"Yeah. He will. He had no idea that you two were coming out here for his birthday." Yami said.

"Well, mine and his birthday, anyway." Heba said.

"True. Yugi's going to be thrilled." Yami said.

"Well, should we go and get him." Atemu said.

"Right." Yami agreed.

The three left Yami's office.

"Bye, June." Yami said.

"Bye, sir." June replied. She smiled as she watched Yami, Atemu, and Heba leave.

Yugi was still reading his book when there was a knock on his door. He glanced at the clock. "Yami's earlier than he said he would be." Yugi said. He stood up and went to the door. He started to open the door, but the door was sudden shoved open, and Yugi was thrown back.

"Hello, bastard." Tanisha said with a smirk.

"Been a while, man-stealer." Mika said, locking the door.

Yugi glared. "I am not a man-stealer, Mika. That would be you. I was already dating Yami when you came onto him." Yugi said.

"Shut up! He should have been mine!" Mika said.

"No. He was mine until you stole him from me!" Tanisha snapped.

Yugi's eyes narrowed. "Yami broke up with you when he caught another man in your bed. I stole no one." Yugi said.

"It doesn't matter. You're going to die, and he's going to lose what's important to him." Mika said.

Yugi had sensed that they were there to do him harm, but the women didn't realize that they had forced him right to where he kept the cooking knives on the shelf. Yugi had managed to get one into his hand.

"I don't think that will happen. I believe that the police will have fun dealing with you whores." Yugi said.

"You bastard!" Tanisha shouted, smacking him.

Her nails caused Yugi to bleed.

Yugi glared. "You just gave me a reason to this." Yugi said. He swung out and cut Tanisha with the knife in her arm.

"AH! Kill him, Mika!" Tanisha shouted.

Mika pulled out the revolver, but Yugi kicked out and knocked the revolver from Mika's hands.

"NO!" Mika screamed.

Yugi grabbed Mika and punched her in the face.

Tanisha went after the gun. "You're going to die, you bastard!" Tanisha said. She turned and fired.

A scream ripped through the air.

Mika fell as she held her shoulder. "You bitch! You're supposed to kill that bastard!" Mika shouted.

"I missed!" Tanisha said.

Yugi knew he was in trouble. Now that Tanisha had the gun, he could easily be shot. 'I have to be careful. Yami, I hope that you get here soon.' Yugi thought.

"How mad do you think that Yugi is going to be when he finds out that you knew we were coming?" Atemu asked.

"I don't know, but he doesn't usually stay mad at me for long." Yami replied.

Heba laughed. "I think that Yugi's going to flip out." Heb said.

"As long as he doesn't take a gun and shoot me, I think that I can deal with it." Yami said.

Tanisha glared daggers at Yugi. "I'm going to kill you!" Tanisha shouted.

Yugi was worried. 'Yami, you could show up anytime now.' Yugi thought.

Tanisha pointed the gun and fired.

Yugi managed to duck and move out of the way of the gunshot.

"Stay still!" Tanisha shouted. She started firing without looking.

"Stop it! You're going to kill me, you psychotic bitch!" Mika shouted, fearful that Tanisha would kill her.

"You're wrong!" Yugi shouted. He threw a pot at Tanisha and hit her in the head.

Tanisha stumbled backwards and fell, losing her grip on the gun.

"You idiot!" Mika cried.

Yugi knew that the neighbors had to have heard the gunshots and hoped that someone called the police.

Tanisha stood up and ran at Yugi. She had grabbed the pot and swung it at Yugi.

Yugi ducked and then grabbed Tanisha by her wrist, twisting Tanisha's wrist.

"AH! Stop it!" Tanisha cried.

Yugi then punched Tanisha and sent her crashing back into the wall.

Tanisha grabbed one of the knives off of the counter and ran at Yugi. "Die you bastard!" Tanisha cried, bring the knife down at Yugi.

Yugi grabbed Tanisha by the wrist and held her there.

Tanisha tried to push the knife down at him.

"Yami was mine! You had no right to take him from me! He's going to be mine again so that I can have his money!" Tanisha cried.

"Is that all that you bitches care about?! His money! You don't even care about Yami at all!" Yugi shouted.

"That's all that men are good for!" Mika growled.

"Then you're both deluded." Yugi said. He managed to wrench the knife out of Tanisha's hand.

"Give me that back!" Tanisha shouted. She ran at Yugi again.

Yugi knew that had had no other choice. He swung out with the knife and drove the knife into Tanisha's arm.

Tanisha screamed. "You bastard! You will pay for this!" Tanisha cried.

"You wanted to kill me! I'm just defending myself. If you didn't want to get hurt, you shouldn't have come after me." Yugi spat.

Mika crawled over to where the gun was. She had no intention of letting him live. Tanisha jerked the knife out of her shoulder and ran at Yugi with it.

Yugi moved to the side out of the way. 'Damn it! This bitch just doesn't know when to give up!' Yugi thought.

A gunshot was heard, and Tanisha fell.

Mika's eyes widened. "You idiot! I would have had him!" Mika screamed.

"Yugi, are you all right!" a voice called.

"Mike! Call the police!" Yugi shouted.

"NO! Don't!" Mika screamed. She turned to look at Yugi, murder in her eyes. "If I can't have Yami's money, then he's not going to have you!" Mika shouted. She fired again.

Yugi screamed as he fell.

"YUGI!" Mike called.

Mika started laughing. "Die you bastard!" Mika said.

Yami, Atemu, and Heba arrived at Yugi apartment building and heard gunshots.

"What the hell?!" Yami exclaimed.

"Heba, stay here!" Atemu ordered.

Heba watched as Atemu and Yami ran up the steps.

Atemu and Yami found a man outside the door.

"Hurry! We need to get in there! The door's locked, and I think that someone is trying to kill Yugi!" Mika said.

Yami got out his keys and unlocked the door quickly.

Te three men ran into the room. Their eyes widened when they saw Mika pointing a gun at Yugi, who was on the floor.

"Die, you bastard!" Mika shouted.

"NO!" Atemu shouted. He lunged forward and tackled Mika to the floor.

"NO! GET OFF OF ME!" Mika shouted.

Atemu easily subdued her. He grabbed the gun and threw it to the side out of her reach before he pinned her arms behind her back.

"LET ME GO! I HAVEN'T FINISHED HIM YET!" Mika shrieked.

"And you're not going to." Atemu said.

Yami and Mike ran over to Yugi.

"Yugi! No!" Yami exclaimed.

Yugi had been shot in the stomach and was bleeding badly.

Mike put his hands down on Yugi's stomach and pressed down hard.

A whimper escaped Yugi from the added pain.

"Yugi, I know that this hurts, but I have to try and slow the bleeding." Mike said.

"Who are you?" Yami asked.

"Mike Griffith. I'm Yugi's neighbor. I heard shouting and gunshots. I called the police and an ambulance just in case. I'm a doctor, so I can help Yugi" Mike said.

There was another groan.

Yami turned and saw Tanisha lying o the floor.

Blood covered her back, and she tried to get up.

"Who are they?" Mike asked.

"Two deranged women who have a grudge against me and took it out on Yugi." Yami answered in a growl.

Yugi opened his eyes.

Yami took Yugi's hand in his and said, "Don't worry, Yugi, It's going to be okay."

"You picked the wrong night to be late." Yugi muttered.

Yami smiled. "Yeah. I did." Yami agreed.

Three cops ran in.

"What's going on?" the officer demanded.

Atemu pulled Mika to her feet. "This woman had a gun pointed at the owner of the apartment. He was holding her down. All three are injured." Atemu said, glancing at Yugi and Tanisha.

Paramedics ran in and started getting to three injured.

"Who owns the apartment?" the officer asked.

"My boyfriend, Yugi Mutou, does. The two women have grudges against me. I think that they might have gone after him to get to me." Yami said.

"All right. We need you to leave the apartment. These officers will get you statements." the officer said.

"Sir, I understand, and I will be happy to oblige, but I want to go to the hospital and make sure that my boyfriend will be all right." Yami said.

"Very well. We'll meet you there. The two women are going to be guarded by other officers since it sounds like they started all this." the officer said.

Yami, Atemu, and Mike left the apartment.

Once at the car, Heba asked, "What happened? Where's Yugi?"

"He's going to the hospital. Tanisha and Mika tried to kill him form what we can figure." Yami said.

"What?!" Heba exclaimed.

"We'll catch you up later. We're heading to the hospital now." Yami said.

"I'll meet you there." Mike said, heading to his own car.

"Yami, give me the keys. You are in no condition to drive." Atemu said.

Yami handed over the keys. Atemu got into the driver's side, Yami got in the passenger's side, and Heba got in the back, and they headed for the hospital with Mike behind them.