Disclaimer- I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh if it were to ever to happen Seto would be my sex slave. Hehehe And special thanks to Ceara Corey for helping me with this fic
"character speaking" 'thoughts'
Yugi was a short, sixteen-year-old boy with yellow, red, and black tri-colored hair who lived in Domino, Japan, with his grandpa and his friend Yami. "Ex-friend as in Yugi no longer considered him nor anyone else his friend."
Once the three god cards and the millennium puzzle were combined, Yami and he had received their own bodies and no longer shared a body through the puzzle.
Yugi stared at the floor above the game shop sadly as he heard laughter from the floor below him. "Apparently, they don't even care about me any more. They act like I don't even exist," he said to himself as he finished getting dressed.
He was wearing a long crimson t-shirt that said: Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer and baggy black jeans as he stood in front of a cracked up mirror. He smiled up at his reflection staring back at him, as the lyrics of Helena blared through the headphones that were around his neck.
He grabbed his black messenger bag as he headed downstairs and out the front door, not even acknowledging the others that were sitting in the dinning room eating breakfast.
'Look at Yami and the gang, sitting there happy as ever, while I walk away feeling empty and ignored like always,' he thought sadly as he started the long walk to school.
((scene change))
Yugi sighed in relief as he had made it to Domino High School. "Well at least today I didn't get beat up walking to school," he thought to himself as he entered his homeroom classroom and sat in his seat quietly waiting for the bell to ring and for class to start.
He pulled out a black sketch book and started to write a poem of how he and Yami used to be. Smiling to himself, he saw the other students enter the room along with the teacher.
Yugi was walking to his last class being shoved along the lockers roughly as he tried to walk through the bustling crowd of students. Before he was able to reach his classroom, he was roughly dragged from behind and shoved up against a locker.
"Hey, freak, what did we tell you about walking near us?" a tough guy asked Yugi angrily as he had punched him in the stomach, causing him to fall to the ground and curling up in a small ball, realizing what was coming up next.
Yugi didn't say anything, afraid that whatever he said would just cause him more pain. His silence had only angered the others that were surrounding them.
"Answer the question, freak!" another tough-looking guy screamed in his ear as another hit was aimed at his stomach, causing blood to come in from the corner of his bottom lip trailing down his pale chin.
"I couldn't help it. I was just walking to my class," Yugi stuttered in a quiet voice.
"That's not a good excuse. We should teach you a lesson," the guy snickered as the small group cheered in encouragement.
Yugi closed his eyes, knowing full well what was soon to come. Usually, this was when his friends would show up and beat the other guys up for even thinking of messing with Yugi.
Now, though, things were different. He had no one to protect him, no one to even care that he was beat up day after day.
Yugi blocked out the guys' taunts and smiles as they beat him, causing even more bruises to form on his pale body. Only when he passed out did they then finally leave him alone.
Once Yugi felt that he was okay to stand up, he shakily stood up and leaned up against the lockers to support his small and weakened body.
He thought about going to his last class of the day, but didn't feel that he had enough energy or strength to walk to class, so instead he walked towards the school entrance and started the long shaky walk home.
Right after he stepped outside, it started to rain. 'Great! Just what I need to maker my day even better,' he thought to himself bitterly, letting the rain soak through his thin clothing, causing him to shiver violently…
((scene change- Yami's p.o.v))
Yami watched sadly as Yugi was beat up once again. Yami had chosen to do nothing to help him out. 'Why should I even feel sorry for the little brat? I don't need to protect him any more. It's not my job, and it never should have been in the first place. he thought to himself as he walked to his classroom to join Joey and the others, never telling the others that Yugi was being beaten up.
The others always thought that after Yugi and the pharaoh stopped being close, Yugi didn't want any of them in his life. That is why they started hanging out with Yami instead of Yugi. They still tried to include Yugi, but he always shrugged them off, saying that he wanted nothing to do with them.
"Hey, Yami, what's wrong?" Tea asked him cheerfully, obviously concerned. Tea and Yami had been going out for two weeks. Yugi had always had a huge crush on Tea, but she never really liked Yugi in that kind of way.
(Flashback- "Hey, Tea, would you want to go out for coffee or something tomorrow?" Yugi asked her, as he started to blush slightly.
"Yugi, I'm sorry, but I see you as a little brother, I couldn't date you like that because it would be too awkward," Tea explained tentatively.
"It's because you like Yami, isn't it?" he asked her bitterly. It had only been a few days since they both received their own bodies and the bond they shared had shattered.
Tea didn't say anything at first, but she didn't have to. He could tell by in the look in her eyes that he was right.- end of flashback)
"Nothing. I was just thinking. Why do you ask?" he asked her, not realizing that he seemed upset.
"Nothing. It's just that you were kind of quiet, like something was wrong," Tea explained quietly.
"So, Yami, did ya do last night's homework for English?" Joey asked him curiously, changing the subject.
"Yes, Joey, and yes, you can copy it," he said, knowing that Joey hadn't of done it, causing everyone else to laugh as he handed Joey the piece of paper…
((scene change))
Yugi passed the park and collapsed on a small wooden bench, fatigue starting to set in as he let sleep take him.
After an hour or so, he was surprised to feel someone poking him, trying to wake him up. He could hear someone whispering to someone else beside them.
"See? I told you he would wake up if you poked him long enough," Ryou said to Bakura, smirking.
"Hey, you guys, what are you two doing here?" Yugi asked them curiously as he sat up, realizing that the rain had finally stopped.
"Well, we were walking by here and saw you passed out. Ryou wanted to make sure you were all right," Bakura explained, looking at Ryou.
"Why do you think something is wrong?" Yugi asked them, feeling confused.
"Yugi, did something happen to you at school? You have bruises all over your arms," Ryou pointed out in concern.
"I'll be all right some kids were beating me up at school because I got in their way," Yugi explained softly.
"That doesn't give them the right to pick on you like that. Come on, we'll give you a ride home," Ryou offered, smiling.
Yugi didn't say anything, but followed them to a beat up black bmw. Yugi sat there looking out the window silently as the lyrics to In the End by Linkin Park filled the car loudly.
Once they reached the game shop, Yugi thanked them quietly as he headed inside, waving goodbye as he headed inside the shop quickly headed up to his room.
He changed out of his wet clothes and had changed into a black sweat pants and a white undershirt as he picked up a small pocket knife. He looked down at it, smiling sadly to himself as he slowly made a long gash across his upper left forearm. He smiled happily as he was filled with bliss and the pain had washed away.
He washed his arm and pulled a long red hoodie over himself, hiding the new fresh cuts he had caused himself as he headed downstairs towards the kitchen to get something to eat.
End of chapter. Yay! I hope that you all enjoyed it. Yes, it was dark, but please read and review. Remember, reviews make me happy and make me update faster, though I will update it either way. Oh, and whoever can suggest a title gets the next chapter dedicated to them.