"Awwww, do ya have ta go?" Jounouchi whined.
"Yeah, you could stay with one of us." Honda said, trying to give his friends some hope.
"Sorry, but I can't." Yugi said, smiling sadly. "My dad got a promotion, I have to go to America."
"But America is so far away!" Jounouchi shouted, then being hushed by Honda to keep his voice down.
Yugi blinked away the tears that brimmed his eyes, and he could tell everyone else was doing the same.
All his friend were here to see him off. Jounouchi, Honda, Anzu, Bakura, Ryuji, Kawa, and Joou.
"Yugi." Anzu said, taking a step forward now, and smiling the best she could. "We'll be right here when you come back!"
There was a moment of silence, as Yugi looked down. Finally, the tears were too much, and they slid down his face, slowly looking back up at the faces of his friends.
"E...Everyone.." he choked, trying to smile.
"Ah, Yug, don' cry! If ya cry, I'll start cryin' too!" Jounouchi said, taking the smaller male in his arms as tears finally ran down his face too.
As if that was a cue, the rest hugged the male in a huge hug, smiling and crying.
"We'll be right here, waiting!"
"Don't forget about us!"
"Call every day!"
Yugi looked back at his friends, as his parents guided him to the airplane that would take him more than a million miles away from his friends.
"Goodbye, everyone..."
-2 years later-
BEEP BEEP BE-
Joou slammed her hand on the alarm, and slowly sat up in her bed. It was the first day of her final year of high school. It didn't process in her mind for a few moments, until she finally understood that.
She gradually got out of bed, her hair now up to the middle of her thighs. Her body also changed, now a lot curvier and having a bit of a bigger chest.
The female got dressed in the empty apartment room, used to the complete silence. Maybe too used to it. Joou grabbed a piece of bread and toasted it, and put peanut butter on it before leaving and locking the door behind her, ready for the school day.
Like any normal school day, she walked into her classroom, and took her seat. The same one she had been using for years. Joou stared at the empty desk a few desks in front of hers, which was where Yugi would normally sit.
She sighed heavily, and looked out the window.
"Joou!" she heard a voice exclaim, and she snapped back into attention.
Anzu hurried over, her hair now reaching her shoulders instead of being above them. She smiled at the other female, as she slammed her hands on the desk. "Kawai and I are going shopping after school, would you wanna go?" she asked happily.
Joou smiled, and said, "I'd love to, but you know today is one of the days I work at Kame Game. That shop needs all the help it can get to stay running."
"Oh, right.." Anzu's voice faded, as she looked around the room, till her eyes fell upon Honda, who was chatting with Jounouchi in another corner of the room. Her face became lightly blushed, as she turned back to the green eyed female and said, "Maybe some other time then." and hurried over.
Joou watched, smiling widely, until slowly it faded away as her mind consumed itself.
The teacher then walked in, and all students took their seats.
"Alright class, before we begin, I'd like to introduce you all to a new student." the teacher said, adjusting his glasses as he spoke.
The door to the classroom opened, and Joou sighed. "I wonder who the poor fellow is." she thought to herself.
Her eyes widened when she saw a clear view of the new student, who stood in front of the class, smiling widely.
He was tall, with very strange hair, and muscular. He stood with a wide smile, straight up and tall.
"Hey! My name is Yugi Muto." he introduced himself.
"Yugi?!" came a chorus of voices from the corner, where Anzu, Jounouchi and Honda sat.
Joou couldn't speak. Instead, she slammed her hands on her desk and stood up rather loudly.
"Yugi?" she thought to herself, just staring at the male who left a little more than two years ago, no longer that small, timid boy.
"When did he move back to Domino City?"