Okie dokie. Here is my second fic. I hope you enjoy it. As it says in the summary outside I will love to see your flames.

I am doing a minor rewrite and edit of this high school era monstrosity. Then I will get to posting my new chapters and finishing this. There are a couple new ones ready, they just need to be typed out. Climax and ending are planned and almost ready to go. I'm also taking out my review replies and some of the more ridiculous author's notes. I'm not redoing the whole thing, not enough time or energy, but I am streamlining a few things. Feel free to let me know if I miss anything.

Summary: Yugi feels ignored so he and Mokuba decide to run away. His friends believe them to be dead. He comes back but his friends don't recognize him at first. Kinda angst, and maybe a broken heart or two. Yami may be slightly OOC, and for the fun of it, I'm gonna have him be shounen-ai. I'm giving away the entire story here. Oh well. I may change a few things, add a few surprises here and there, who knows. Not me. Hey wait, I'm the authoress!

Disclaimer: I only have my little penny jar. Please don't sue me. I don't own Yu Gi Oh.

".." =talking

'..' =thinking

*/*/*/* =change in scene or time (you'll be able to tell) _

Good Bye

Yugi hung his head low as he walked home alone from school. He winced as he wiped at his face and touched his black eye. The bullies were after him again. But no one was going to stop them. They were the only people that didn't ignore him now. Even HE ignored poor Yugi. And HE was supposed to be his other half. HE had said that he had loved Yugi and would always take care of him.

A small sob broke out as Yugi thought of Yami. After the Battle City Tournament, Yami had received his own body after getting all the Millennium Items and the Egyptian God Cards. He had enrolled at Yugi's school as Yugi's cousin, and everyone thought that he was the coolest. But then everyone started to drift away from little Yugi, only hanging out with Yami instead.

*Flashback*
"Hey guys," calls Yugi cheerfully. "What's up?"

"Oh, hi Yugi. We're busy here," said Honda. "Why don't you go home?"

"I thought I could just hang with you guys," started Yugi, feeling a little hurt at his friend.

"I'm sure you have other things to do," Joey pushed Yugi out of his way as he walked towards the exit door to the school. Yugi looked at Yami as Yami followed him.

"Why don't you go home and make dinner Yugi. I'll be out late," said Yami. He walked to the door and out without a second glance at Yugi, with all his former friends following, Ryou slowly bringing up the rear.

"I'm terribly sorry about Jou. That wasn't called for," apologized Ryou.

"It's alright. Hey, Ryou. Have you ever thought about… leaving?"

***End Flashback***

Yugi gave a small smile. Mokuba and Ryou had been the only ones who had stayed his friends. But they couldn't always be with Yugi, what with the bullies also tormenting them, Ryou's abusive Yami, and Mokuba's brother ignoring him. Yugi feared it was only a matter of time now before things got out of hand with his Yami. Malik and Isis had gone back to Egypt after the tournament. They only had each other.

'Well, maybe since there's just us, I guess we'll just have to leave. I have enough money saved for a one way ticket overseas, I can use that for myself. I may never come back, but no one here will really care. I'll see if Mokuba can leave tonight. No one will bother to look for me.' Yugi thought.

Yugi ran the rest of the way home.

*/*/*/*/*/*
The first thing Yugi did when he got home was look for his saved money. He'd hidden it carefully as Yami had a habit of simply taking it without asking permission. Yugi hunted around his room until he finally found the non-descript box and opened it to find what little he had.

'This will be enough. Maybe I can even get as far as America!' thought Yugi excitedly as he got his most prized possessions together. 'Let's see here, clothes, wallet, birth certificate, ids, books. The puzzle.' Yugi paused his packing to look at the upside down pyramid. He didn't know if he wanted to take it or not. 'I'll take it, but just won't put it on. Maybe if I feel like forgiving Yami I may put it on in order to talk to him. Highly unlikely, but it's still nice to keep it,' he decided. He decided against bringing his deck. Yami used it more than him now, and Yugi didn't want to be mean and take it away. He'd simply get a new one.

All packed and ready to go, Yugi was about to say his last good-bye when he heard someone at the front door.

'Damn,' cursed Yugi. He crept down the hall to where he heard the door.

"Yugi?" a voice called out.