Author's notes:
This is my first fanfic, so I really want to know how you people out there think about it. Go ahead and criticize my work, I just a beginner after all :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh.

Chapter 1 - Tears of the Light

Yugi looked at the happy group below him. Then he let the curtain fall, blocking them from his view. Slumping on his bed, he thought miserably about the fun they would be having. But he wouldn't included in it. Not since Yami came along.

That's right...it's all his fault, thought Yugi angrily. Ever since Yami got a body of his own, everyone had conveniently forgotten about Yugi. It was Yami this, Yami that. Yugi had become invisible, just another guy down the street. At this thought, Yugi clenched his fists to control his anger.

No, Joey and the others made friends with you because of Yami, a little voice rang out in the back of his head. Yugi shook his head and argued back, they didn't know about him back then. The little voice continued taunting him, singing out random memories which they had spent together.

"Shut up! Shut up, shut up, shut up! I don't want to hear it anymore!" Yugi cried out, clasping his hands around his ears. The voice stopped. The same situation had happened barely days ago, and was starting to get frequent. It didn't help him at all, except making everyone think that he had gone mad. Yugi opened his eyes to find himself kneeling on the floor. He scolded himself for letting himself go again. He couldn't let Grandpa worry about him. Speaking of which, Grandpa came upstairs at the very moment.

"You okay, Yugi? Except I heard you yelling at nobody again..." Grandpa frowned, looking with concern at the teenager on the floor.

"I'm fine, jii-chan. Just - just thinking things..."

Yugi looked at the floor. He had let Grandpa worry about him again. Grandpa was the only one who understood him, who treated him as normal. Yugi did not want to show him that he was weak, even though he might be. Yugi shook his head vigourously.

Grandpa was alarmed by this, and stepped into the room. "Yugi, I know what you're thinking. Don't blame it on anyone, because it's nobody's fault. It's been so long, just let go of them, you can make more friends, right? Come on, this cold war will never end if the both of you are like that."

Yugi said nothing. He avoided his grandfather's gaze, and simply nodded his head, hoping he would just forget about it. To his relief, Grandpa exited the room soon after. Yugi looked out the window again. This can't go on, he thought. Jii-chan's right, it won't go anywhere. I have to stop dwelling on these memories. They're not my friends anymore. Yugi picked himself up from the floor and went downstairs.

Yugi watched over the game shop, tending to eager youngsters who aspire to be the best duelists. Grandpa had left on to discuss some business matters, leaving Yugi behind to tend the shop alone. He sighed heavily, looking out the glass doors into the sunset. It had been a very boring day, Yami and the others had left for a movie a long time ago. Yugi leaned on the glass cabinets behind the counter, letting his mind drift away...

The shrill sound of the phone ringing brought him back to earth. He dragged himself to the phone and picked it up.

"Kame Game Shop."

'Hello, is this Yugi Mutou?"

"Yes. Is anything the matter?" Yugi wondered why a stranger would bother looking for him.

"I am sorry to be the bearer of this piece of bad news. It's about your grandfather."

Yugi tensed upon hearing this. Had something horrible happened? Yugi gathered himself and asked, "What is it?"

The caller hesitated, then said, "I'm afraid...your grandfather...he was involved in an accident and was badly injured. He's been admitted to Domino Hospital..."

The caller's voice trailed away. Yugi felt as though something inside him had snapped suddenly. He felt himself shaking all over. Struggling to find the words, Yugi stuttered, "When - when did this happen?"

"Half an hour ago. It was a hit-and-run accident. Please come down to Domino Hospital as soon as possible, Mr Mutou. I am a nurse from Domino Hospital, Miss Takaya. I had to inform the closest family of the patient. I'm sorry."

The caller received silence from the other end. Miss Takaya hung up after waiting for a reply which never came. Yugi put the phone back on the stand with trembling fingers. "He can't go...not yet...I haven't even finished high school...he...can't...go..." Yugi fell to his knees. If Grandpa left, he would not have anyone left. Yami and the others were ignoring him. Now Grandpa was threatening to leave him alone too. Alone in this big world. "What else can go wrong? What else?" Yugi whispered to himself, still kneeling on the floor. He closed his eyes, feeling more lonely than ever. I have to see him. I have to see him while I still can. Yugi thought it pointless to sit there and think. Grandpa is still alive. He can make it. He will make it, thought Yugi repeatedly.

Yugi stood up on his legs of jelly, grabbed his jacket, and turned to lock the door. Just as he was leaving, Yami turned up with his gang of friends.

"What's up? Where're you going?" Yami asked immediately. Yugi paused, and looked straight into his eyes with a fierce defiance that he never had before.

"Why do you want to know? What do you know? You don't know anything at all," Yugi's voice was trembling violently. Yami blinked at him for a few seconds. "Hey, can you not be so rude?" Joey snapped in retaliation.

"Not be so rude? How? Somebody tell me how!" Yugi found his voice rising to a shout. It felt good releasing all his anger and hurt on them. It felt even better to see their shocked faces, and on Tea's, hurt.

"Something horrible's happened, and you're telling me to not be so rude?" Yugi screamed. "Do you - do any of you - give a damn about me? No! And it's all your fault! It's all your god damned fault!" Yugi pointed an accusing finger at Yami, whose mouth had fallen open.

Tristan, recovering quickly, said, "How are we supposed to know what's happened if you keep yelling at us like a mad man?"

Yugi glared at all of them. It was useless trying to get them to understand. He bowed his head, then pushed past Yami roughly. He broke into a run, not turning back to look at the group.

And, as the brilliant tri-colored hair flew past, the setting sun shone on him, reflecting the shimmering tears which had escaped from the boy's eyes...

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I thought nothing else could go wrong
But -
It happened.
Now I can't breathe
I'm just barely hanging on...