From the Beginning

You ever had one of those days where you just want to give up? I have. Well, it feels like this whole adventure has just been one of those days. But I'm getting ahead of myself. My names Yugi Moto, and this is the story of how me, my friends, the love of my life and his boyfriend, tried to visit our friend in England. It all started about 3 months ago...

"So your seriously moving?" Anzu asked.

"Unfortunately, yes." Ryo responded, looking down so his soft white bangs covered his cherub like face. This was terrible, Ryo was moving back to England. Apparently his dad is retiring so they're going back home.

"When are you going?" I asked him.

"Wednesday." Great 3 days. So in 3 days I'll literally have 4 friends. Anzu, Jonouchi, Atem and Bakura. Oh my god, I totally forgot about Bakura, I wonder how he's going to take the news. He's away with an old friend for the weekend. They'd been together since him, Marik and Atem got their own bodies, which was about a year ago.

"Are you sure you have to go?" I blurted. Desperate much? He nodded. I lowered my head, I couldn't take it. Just then Bakura walked in through the door, Marik trailling behind him.

"What's wrong?" he asked looking at the scene ahead.

"Why don't you ask him!" I shouted pointing at Ryo, getting up and storming out of the house. Okay I overeacted a bit, but I losing the only person who understands what it was like, before. I sat on the doorstep, and put my head in my hands. It was confusing, he was leaving, probably forever. Bet this sounds like I love him, but I can assure you I don't. My heart belongs to another, my aibou, Atem Firaun. But his heart belongs to Mailk Ishtar, Egyptian hottie with a perfect body and a sharp wit. He'd never like me back. Just then I heard the door click open, I turned to see Marik standing at the door, lighter and cigarettes in hand. I stood up and let him past.

"What's up with you?" he asked me. It was this point I realised I was crying.

"Nothing." I replied, I'm a terrible liar.

"You really caused a scene in there. Had Ryo in tears."

"Sorry, I overeacted."

"He's okay now though." He said with a smile. Why was he being nice to me? I'm pretty sure he hates me.

"That's good." He threw the stub on the floor.

"You coming inside?" he said heading to the door.

"No, I'm gonna go," I fake yawned, "I'm really tired."

"Ok, I'll see some other time then." he said despair in his voice. He could so tell I was lying.

"Bye" I left the garden and sauntered down the road, the breeze was nice considering it was October. I wonder why Marik was nice to me? Maybe he just felt sorry for me. I heard footsteps running towards me. I turned to see Anzu and Jonouchi about five metres away.

"Yugi! Are you okay?" They asked me.

"Yeah! Fine!" I said, a little too quickly.

"You don't sound fine" Anzu snapped.

"No, really, I'm fine." Anzu stared at me, she could so tell I was lying.

"Leave it Anzu. He says he's fine, so he's fine." Jonouchi butted in. Sometimes I'm glad he doesn't have a clue.

"Okay, we'll see you tomorrow then." She said as they turned and left. About ten minutes later, I got home. The house was quiet, Jii-chan must be out. I raced to my sanctuary, otherwise known as my bedroom. Falling onto my bed, I burried my head into my pillow. I sobbed for what seemed like an eternity, but was actually about 10-15 minutes. Then I got an idea. I raced downstairs and to the kitchen. Opening the cutlery drawer, I found what I was searching for. A sharp, smooth carving knife. I held it to my neck, and held my breath. Suddenly I heard the doorbell, I shoved the knife back in the drawer and ran to answer it. Malik. Great.

"Hey!" He said, too cheerful.

"Hey." I returned, trying not to sound depressed. Failing epically.

"What's wrong?"

"Just a little sad."

"Yeah Atem told me. I'm so sorry he has to leave." No your not. "He was a great friend." Not to you. "I'll miss him terribly!" Of course you wont. "It's just-" He started to cry. "He knows what's it's like to have an evil spirit, inside." Standing right here. "I know you did too, but you and Atem were friends. We were just abused." Hand him a bloody Oscar already.

"Yeah. Was there something you wanted?"

"I just wanted to see if you feeling better after you left Ryo's."

"How do you know-"

"Atem told me." Great so my little outburst is public information.

"Well, I'm fine." Cue fake smile from Mr bloody Di Caprio.

"That's good. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye." I shut the door and went upstairs, too tired to finish my act.

PE, not the best way to start a Monday morning. Especially when the temperature had severly dropped in the night and frost had started to appear. Mr Butsuri, the pe teacher, walked through to the changing area after we had changed.

"Football!" He yelled heading toward the door, which recieved a mixture of cheers and groans. We filed onto the field and were split into teams. Apparently the teacher is insane as they put all the good players on one team and the rest of us on the other. After about 20 minutes and many, many kicks to the shins. I decided to sit out and say I'd hurt my head. Surprisingly the teacher believed me and let me sit and watch. I looked across the field to see the other boys pe group playing hockey. My eyes then met Atem, who was charging down the pitch with the ball. he whacked the ball and it soared into the goal. He threw he hands in the air in celebration and his team came over to congradulate him. I smiled as he high-fived Jonouchi and Bakura but then saw Malik hug him from behind. My smile fell and I looked back to the football to see Honda tackle some other kid with the ball and score for the umpteenth time. The rest of PE was extremely uneventful. I got changed and headed to my next lesson. Science. Oh the joys! I was early and stood outside waiting for the teacher and the other pupils. There was another kid at the other end of the corridoor, he looked like he was in about year 7/8 but I wasn't sure. Anyway this kid was stood there as a group of others walked out the classroom and they walked towards the door to the stairs. I then heard a loud smash, something hitting the ground, some footsteps and a lot of giggling. A teacher ran to the stairs and returned with a smashed clock in his hands.

"Great, I just love replacing clocks. Ignorant little shits!" He muttered as he walked into the science office. The corridoors then started to fill up, but still no sign of my friends. It was then I noticed Honda and his gang walking toward me. He stopped right infront of me.

"Missed you in PE, I had to find some other kid to tackle." he sneered as he glared at me.

"Sorry Honda-sama, I-it wont happen again."

"It better not!" he added before walking away. One of the gang stayed behind, he stared at me before shoving his hand in my face.

"Lunch money, Now!"

"I-I d-don't eat l-lunch." He punched me in the stomach.

"Are you sure you don't eat lunch?" I nodded. Which is true, I don't! Then he kicked my legs and I fell to the floor. Others looking over.

"How 'bout now?" I didn't answer, I couldn't. he was about to hit me again when his hand was grabbed and he was forced away. but I couldn't see by who.

"Devlin, why do you insist on picking on smaller people than you?" he asked.

"Marik, why do you care?" Marik? Seriously?

"The kids a friend." Did he just say what I thought he said?

"Yeah like this kid has a friend!"

"In fact he has more." Bakura said from behind him.

"Many more." Atem said next to Bakura.

"So, if you don't want the shit kicked out of you. I sugest you move along!" Jonouchi said completing the circle around him.

"Erm. Actually, I'm good. I don't need lunch. Sorry Moto-san."

"It's fine." I said, even though it wasn't. He rushed off down the corridoor towards his gang.

"Are you okay Yugi?" Ryo asked me, he had turned up with the others, he just wasn't in the face off .

"Fine." He helped me up, as Mr Kagaku, the teacher, walked out of the science office and opened the door.

"Good Morning." he said as we walked into the classroom. I sat in my seat in the back left corner, next to Dinosaur Ryuzaki and Malik's sister Ishizu in the actual corner. He flicked on the board and started to take the register.

"Devlin." "Here."

"Firaun." "Here."

"Honda." "Here."

"Haga." "Here."

"Ishizu." "Here."

"Malik." "Here."

"Jonouchi." "Here."

"Kaiba. Kaiba?"

"Kujaku. Kujaku?"

"Kureijī." (Marik) "Here."

"Mazaki." "Here."

"Moto." "Here."

"Mujakina." (Ryo) "Here." I wont bore you with the rest of the register.

"Now, I want to balance these word equations, using symbols. Calcium Hydroxide and Nitric Acid. Sodium Carbonate and Sulphuric Acid. And Potassium Oxide and Hydrochloric Acid." For gods sake. How am I supposed to work this out. After about 30 seconds Malik's hand shot into the air.

"And the answer is?"

"2HNO3 + Ca(OH)2 - Ca(NO3)2 + 2H20."

"Correct as usual Ishtar-san."

"Number 2. Honda-kun."

"Erm. Na2CO3 + H2SO4 - Na2SO4 + H2O + CO2."

"Correct. Moto-kun would you like to tell us the last one?" Fuck no! I don't get any of this.

"PO + HC = PC + HO?"

"Incorrect." Damn. "Malik-kun?"

"K2O + 2HCl - 2KCl + H2O." K? Potassium starts with a P, stupid.

"Correct." Swot! "Now I want you to complete page 14-17 in the KS3 Chemistry books. Senkō, Orokana, hand them out."

"Osu" After they had given out the books. I found the page and stared at it. How hard does one thing have to be? What it the symbol for Ammonium Hydroxide? How should I know? How should anyone know? Wait, Ryo should know he's almost as good as Marik with this stuff. Good thing his desk is in front of mine.

"Ryo!" I whispered. He turned around.

"What?" he whispered.

"Do you get this?"

"Yeah!"

"Can you help me?"

"Mujakina, turn around." Crap! Now what am I supposed to do. Ishizu. Malik's sister.

"Ishizu, do you get this?"

"Yes, but I'm trying to work." Bitch. Ryuzaki. Not a chance.

"Excuse me sensei? Do you have any lined paper?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw Kawai Shizuka, year 7, stood at the door.

"Yes in the cupboard in the office. Follow me." He lead Kawai-chan out of the room. Thank god. Just then a note landed on the desk. I opened it. It read:

"Yugi,

Do you get any of this? I'm kind of stuck :(

Marik."

I looked over to Marik across the room. He had his head in his hands. I quickly wrote:

"Sorry, I was kinda hoping you did! :("

I threw it and it hit him in the head. He opened it and his head dropped to the desk. He lifted it and wrote on the note, then threw it back over.

"Dammit, what about Ishizu?"

"Nothing."

"Not asking the swot. Try Firaun."

"Talking to Malik."

"Typical."

"I know."

"Mujakina?"

"Sensei caught us. You tried Bakura?"

"More of a Forensics guy. Chemistry is lost on him."

"Great."

"It would seem we are screwed."

"Hey Moto, stop passing notes to your boyfriend. Some off us are trying to work here." Honda said to me turning.

"You just jealous you can't get a guy, Honda." Jonouchi added, turning for the long benches through the middle of the classroom.

"Fuck off Jonouchi." he said as Sensei Atama, the headteacher walked in.

"HONDA HIROTO, HOW DARE YOU USE THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IN A PLACE OF LEARNING! YOU WILL MARCH DOWN TO MY OFFICE AND I WILL CALL YOUR MOTHER!" she screamed. She then marched him off to her office. Haha, paybacks a bitch, huh Honda?

AN

Firaun is Malay for Pharoah

Butsuri is physical in Japanese

Football is the English one or Soccer as others call it

Kagaku is Japanese for science

Kureijī is Japanese for Crazy

Mujakina is Japanese for Innocent

Senkō and Orokana are Japanese for Boring and Stupid.

Atama is Japanese for head

Hope this clears some stuff up for you guys and Review if you liked it, or if you didn't just review but no insults, or I send Atama after you.