-sigh- So...tired...well, if anyone bothered to finish the first chapter, and want to read this one, then I'm super happy! Ok, sometimes I'll use the characters English names, and sometimes I'll use the Japanese ones, so don't get confused! haha!

Disclaimer: nope, still dont own Yu-Gi-Oh! How cool would that be though? XD (not sure if this is necisary, but I'm just being on the safe side.)

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~The Next Morning~

Yugi's eyes squinted open in the morning sun, shining in a comforting orange glow through his open window. He frowned slightly and rolled onto his side. He hoped he had just a little time left to sleep. Just as he was drifting off peacefully, the dreaded alarm clock from hell went off, ringing through his ears. The irritated boy shot up and just glared across the room for a minute, thinking of different ways to destroy the wretched alarm clock. He hit the snooze button and calmed himself down. Yugi swung his feet over the edge of his bed and dragged his feet tiredly to his closet. He slid the doors back and pulled out a sleeveless shirt and his navy blue school uniform. He then left his room and stepped quietly to the bathroom, trying not to wake up his grandpa. The small boy got dressed very slowly. He was thinking about what could have happened to Amani the other day. Then he decided to hurry up with his clothes and he quickly brushed his hair and teeth, hoping to catch Amani before she left. Considering they went to different schools, and hers was farther away.

Amani had pulled up a stool in front of the Game Shop counter and she just sat there with her head down in her arms. Yugi hopped down the stairs, now fully awake. He saw she was already dressed and ready to go…the only thing was…she was asleep again. He walked up to her and placed a small hand on her shoulder and shook her gently.

"YAMI!" she yelled as her head flew up and she looked around wildly. Yugi laughed.

"Good morning?" he said jokingly as he smiled.

"Oh! Hey Yugi-kun." She smiled back. She hopped off the stool and grabbed the rucksack at her feet.

"Would you like me to walk to school with you?" Yugi asked kindly. Amani smiled.

"Sure, or, until we get to your school anyways" She giggled slightly. Yugi smiled.

"Oops! I almost forgot!" Yugi ran back upstairs like a bullet, and just as fast, came back down with the puzzle he always wore like a necklace. "Ok, NOW we can go." He said. Amani laughed.

"What exactly is that, Yugi?" She asked.

"It's called the Millennium Puzzle." He answered cheerily. Amani's eyes grew wide as she stared at it, remembering what Yami had said. Just as she thought that, he appeared behind Yugi, without a sound. He placed a long finger in front of his lips, signaling Amani to keep hers shut. She knew Yami would reveal himself to Yugi in time, so she didn't really care.

"So, we ready to go, Yugi?" She asked. He nodded and the two stepped out the door. They walked quietly, the only sounds were their feet tapping softly in the sidewalk, the birds singing their songs, and the occasional car passing.

"Um…Amani?" Yugi said shyly as he looked at his friend. "You said you would tell me what happened yesterday…so…can you?" he sounded nervous, he wasn't going to ask, but his curiosity got the best of him.

"Oh…that, well…there was this gang from my school…they pretty much assaulted me during the school day…they did some pretty bad things…they beat me up a lot, but they seem to do that to everyone who isn't one of them. But they tried something else for once…they trapped me, and…" She stopped, and her words caught in her throat. She was trying to hold in her tears, and was surprised she lasted this long. She continued shakily after swallowing a sob. "A-and…they tried to…well…r-rape me…" She hung her head in shame and let a few tears trickle out of her eyes. Yugi's eyes widened in shock, he had seen that as a possibility, but he had pretty much ruled it out. He saw Amani's tears flow more freely, and he realized they were standing still. He stretched out his small arm, but pulled it back abruptly, not really sure what to do, or if he could help at all.

"I got away…somehow…but they followed me after school…I was able to run away and hide…but only for a while…they found me and chased me for over an hour…then I got to your house…" she trailed off, remembering what had happened the previous night. The thought got her tears to stop. Yugi felt so bad for making her relive that experience, he didn't know what to say.

"I…I'm so sorry, Amani-chan…" was all he could think of. "I really shouldn't have asked you…" He really did feel bad. She smiled at him sweetly and ruffled his hair.

"You're a good friend, Yugi." She said quietly.

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Amani walked slowly up the dirty steps to Rintama high school. She really did hate this stupid place. The outside walls were covered in crass graffiti and foul words, the inside smelled like smoke and tobacco. No matter how many days she lived through that hell, she never got used to the smell. (No rhyme intended) As soon as she walked through the doors, she gagged and coughed, which unfortunately, drew attention to her. Most of the kids there were stoners, addicted to alcohol or some kind of drug, a complete idiot, or were part of a gang. Amani fit in nowhere at that wretched place. She sucked up her hatred for the place she came, day after day and collected her old torn books from her locker, which had a broken hinge, and had its lock stolen. She trudged angrily to her ninth grade class room, passing the thugs that chased her down the day before. She knew they wouldn't do anything to her with teachers around, no matter how stupid the teachers were. So she was safe, for now.

Yugi sat in home room at his nice clean desk, absentmindedly staring out the window. Just then, a blonde boy who was much taller than Yugi pulled a chair up in front of his desk and stared at him.

"Hey, Yug? You okay?" he asked. Yugi looked up, surprised.

"Oh! Hey Joey!" He said with a smile.

"You wanna play a game of Duel Monsters before class starts?" Joey asked energetically. Yugi looked up for a second to think about it.

"Sure, Joey." He said, smiling wider than before. This was just what he needed, something to take his mind off of what Amani had told him.

And so the duel commenced!

Unfortunately, the bell rang before they could finish…but Yugi was way ahead of Joey anyways, and everyone knew he would win. None the less, Joey put up a great fight, he just wasn't a match for the king of games.

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"Ahhg!" Amani screamed as she was slammed against a dirty locker by the same thug from yesterday. He just laughed as tears streamed down her face. After she had given up her lunch money, and anything else she had that may have been worth anything, she walked away, bruised and sore. The thugs laughed to her back.

"We'll get you today after school! And this time, there won't be anywhere to run off too!" She squinted her tears back and tightened the hold on her books to her chest. Then she realized just how much she didn't belong at Rintama, she picked up her pace and walked briskly to her next class.

For some reason, sitting in her science class, hearing all the things she already knew, she drifted off into thought about an old friend…

'hmm…I really miss him…but I wonder if we'll ever see each other again...' She sighed aloud, but nobody noticed.

The rest of the day passed relatively quickly, despite a few extra beat downs. As Amani sat in her last period class and carefully watched the clock tick away, she clenched her fists, knowing exactly where she had to go, the only problem was how to get there…She noticed that the thugs had dismissed themselves earlier in the day, she feared for the worst. They may have her rout to the Game Shop staked out. Only twenty-three seconds left…twenty………twelve….seven….five, four, three, two, one…GO! The game begins now!

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Oh my God, I'm so sad now! Microsoft Word stopped working, so I cant write anything...If anyone knows how to fix it, please tell me. Thank you!