Now, for the first chapter of this lovely story. Now, there will be more changes to this story, since Yu-Gi-Oh R had more elements that made no dang sense than the DOMA arc... actually, they're probably equal. Awakening of the Dragons was a rip-off of Yu-Gi-Oh R. Anyways, review please!

It was school day at Domino City, first day after the summer. Everyone was excited to be Juniors and no longer in their Sophomore years. Everyone seemed to have grown taller, grown a mustache or beard, or the girl's breasts were filling. All of these were taking place, since everyone was in the middle of puberty.

One boy that had grown slightly taller and muscular was Hanaski Tomoya. He no longer was bullied as much due to no longer bringing Zombire comics to school, being friends with two former gang members, and the fact he was growing stronger. He sometimes would arm wrestle with his friends though, still losing to Joey and Atem.

Speaking of Hanaski, he was seen playing Duel Monsters with Joey with his new HERO deck. Joey had Jinzo and Panther Warrior on the field with two face-down cards while Hanaski had Elemental HERO Burstinatrix and Elemental HERO Escuridao on his field. Elemental HERO Escuridao held 3300 attack due to its effect. Hanaski also had three face-down cards on the field.

"I summon out Swordsman of Landstar, then sacrifice him and Panther Warrior to summon out my good ol' Red-Eyes!" Joey declared as he took out two of his monsters, placing them in his graveyard, and replaced it with Red-Eyes Black Dragon. "Hey Damon!"

"Hm," Hanaski hummed, drawing his next card. His friends were watching him play. "Escuridao attacks Jinzo."

"Trap card baby!" Joey smirked, flipping his face-down card. "Chasm of Spikes! Not only does this destroy your Escuridao, but a quarter of its attack is lost to your life points, which is 825!"

Hanaski moaned in complaint, as he typed down the amount of attack points he lost and sent his mosnter to the graveyard. He said, "I end my turn!"

"First, I'll have my Jinzo attack your Burstinatrix!" Joey smirked, victory written in his eyes.

"I reveal Burst Impact!" Hanaski declared.

"You can't do that, that's only for quick spells and that's a normal spell. Normal spells can only be activated on the player's main phase," Joey corrected. Hanaski slapped his face with his full palm. "My Jinzo attacks your Burstinatrix and I win the game!"

"Ugh! I'm such an idiot!" Hanaski cried, covering his face.

"No, you're not, you're just a noob!" Ryan slightly teased with his smirk.

"Co'mon Ryan, give the guy a break and stop being such an asshole!" Tea rebuked with arms crossed.

"I'll never be as good as you guys!" Hanaski whined.

"You'll get it, dude! You just need practice is all. I know I sucked ass when I first played!" Joey said with his huge smile.

"Say, where's Atem?" Tristan wondered.

"I'm right here!" Atem called out, raising his hand up and seemingly annoyed.

"What's eating you?" Ryan asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"Stayed up till 12 last night," Atem replied, yawning loudly. "Couldn't get some decent sleep, no thanks to stupid school!"

"Shit, sorry about that," Duke said, feeling empathy for Atem while he sighed.

Serenity entered the classroom with her new uniform. Since being out of the hospital, she was allowed to enter Domino High as a student. Because of the tutoring she was taking, while in the hospital, she was sent up a grade. Technically, Serenity was supposed to be Sophomore. She was happy for this, since she got to share a grade with her boyfriend.

Serenity walked by Atem and brushed her fingers through his hair while he pulled his head back. She painted her lips on Atem's before taking a seat behind Atem. He smiled and laid his head on Serenity's desk, while his girlfriend played with his hair. He loved the feeling of Serenity's fingers combing through his hair. It felt so relieving.

"Hello class!" The teacher greeted as everyone perked their heads up. "Welcome to your Junior Home Room class! I'm Mrs. Rilley! I'll be taking role call! Remember that if you're not a Junior, you are not allowed here!" She pulled up a notebook and read the list on it, calling the names of everyone. Atem found this extremely boring and it was bad enough that he was exhausted from work. He heard Duke's name and Ryan's name being called.

"Atem Moto!" The teacher said.

"Here!" Atem said, holding his hand up. Everyone then gasped and stared at him in shock. Of course they would! Nobody had seen Atem with his new haircut yet. "Yeah, got a haircut and dyed my hair!"

"Wow, I didn't recognize ya!" One guy commented. Atem rolled his eyes like he didn't care.

"Then you should've been watching the News, because I was hosting the Kaiba Land Grand Tournament!"

Mrs. Rilley continued to call out names while Atem was laying his head on the desk tiredly. After the role call was done, everyone began talking amongst ourselves again. Work had been exhausting for Atem and he was continually wishing for some sleep. He yawned yet again, then laid his head against Serenity's desk to feel her warm fingers again. They felt so soft and warm.

While Joey and his friends were talking, he noticed two groups of girls talking amongst themselves and staring at his sister. Apparently, nobody had known about Atem dating Serenity. Atem didn't notice this, due to his eyes being closed. Though, Serenity noticed it and looked at them with question before they turned their heads. She looked at Tea.

"Tea, is there something wrong with me?" Serenity asked.

"No, why?" Tea asked.

"The girls are looking at me funny."

"What girls?" Atem asked, opening his eyes and noticing the two groups of girls. "Oh, ignore them, they're just wishing to be you Serena, because you're my girl!"

"Oh," Serenity realized, slightly blushing. "I guess I must be lucky aren't I?"

"It's you're fault. You put some sort of spell on me, you witch," Atem teased with a smirk as Serenity laughed then gave her boyfriend a smooch on the lips.

"Hey Atem, you're off right? How 'bout an arcade game?" Joey asked.

"No, I need my rest, Joey," Atem replied.

"You never have time for any of us, what's up with you?" Joey asked glaringly.

"I work almost all the time, Joey! Seto's even working me during school hours on computer! I'll try to spend time with you guys, but I need my rest!"

"That's bull Atem! I work two jobs and I always have time for my friends!"

"You work at a fast food joint and a bar! Those aren't the same, Joey!"

"Oh, so it's harder sitting on your ass writing papers and typing on your damn computer, than it is to move 10 crates of wine into the storage or carrying 30 pounds of gravy to the stove?"

"I'm sick of this Joey! You've been complaining about my work for... how long? It's getting old! I'm sick of your complaining, I'm sick of you not caring, and I'm sick of you talking trash to me! I feel like I'm in the ghettos again!"

"Oh right, like your mouth is any better!"

"At least I'm improving! Seeing that Seto hasn't cut my salary for three months and my mom hasn't rebuked me and has even taken me to a Soccer Game this week for my speech improvement, that just proves my point! You, on the other hand, I haven't been seeing much improvement! I swear, I feel like I'm in a bad rated R film! Just shut up, Joey! Please!"

"Fine! You're a big pain in the ass, you know that? I just wish you were back to being the Atem Moto who never gave a shit!"

"Again, with the talk! What is this, South Park? Talk like a normal human being! That's all I ask!" Atem cried out before banging his head on his desk.

Atem wanted school to be over and done, so he didn't have to hear more of Joey's blabbering mouth. It was enough to make his ears burst. His lack of sleep was making him more cranky. Yugi knew this and felt bad for his brother.

"Brother, you're tired. Let me take over," Yugi suggested.

'Yugi, please don't,' Atem said.

"Brother, your mood is really awful. Besides, I know you have a headache."

'I know!' Atem replied, then sighed. 'Fine. It's just introductions anyways. Just write the materials I need on paper.'

"Okay!"

Yugi took over and played Duel Monsters with Hanaski, trying to cheer him up after his defeat from Joey. The bell rang and everyone left with Yugi and Hanaski running through the halls like toddlers while holding hands. Serenity laughed at the sight while she was packing her stuff to go to her next class. She turned to Tea.

"Is Yugi always like this?" Serenity asked.

"Yep. When you pair up Yugi and Hanaski, they're like five-year-olds at school," Tea replied.

"Ugh, Atem is such an asshole today!" Joey complained.

"Joey, you're the one to talk! Atem works all day and you know it! He's not just sitting on his ass!" Tea rebuked Joey.

"Oh, so you're defending him now?" Joey asked with glaring eyes.

"She's right. I haven't seen Atem this tired since preparing for Battle City," Duke stated.

"Joey, Atem's your best friend! You know too good and well that he loves spending time with us! You should probably apologize to him," Tea said.

"Great, everyone's against me, who else is gonna join the pack?" Joey complained throwing his arms in the air.

"Guys, let's just drop it, we have to get to class!" Serenity said, stopping the fight.

Everyone dropped the subject and began preparing for their next class. They had different first hour classes, compared to their Home Room. Though, some of them shared it. Joey did share his first hour with Serenity, which was Health Class. He hated that class to the goodness of his heart. Though, perhaps with his sister there, there would be some good in it. Joey just decided to live through his classes, while still feeling angry about his fight with Atem.

After school, Atem left for home and plopped onto the couch, instantly drifting to sleep. Uka checked on her sleepy son and felt pity for him. Atem was working so hard and making extra money for the family. He was working like a 30-year-old man. Uka sighed while getting out a blanket and placing it over Atem, then kissing him on the corner of his head.

Atem was sitting on the step of Yugi's soul room. He bit his bottom lip while Yugi walked to his brother's side. Something seemed to be bothering Atem deeply.

"Brother?" Yugi asked.

"Do you think I might've been too harsh on Joey?" Atem asked.

"A little. Though, he was out of line."

"I should probably apologize. I mean it's not like he's used to me working this many hours," Atem sighed, then clutching onto his legs.

"You feel bad?"

"Yeah. I mean Joey's my best friend. We shouldn't be fighting."

Yugi chuckled, then hugged his brother. He disappeared from his soul room and appeared next to his brother sleeping on the couch. He laid on top of Atem with his arms around his waist. Yugi instantly fell asleep, along with Atem, who was inside Yugi's soul room. Atem really needed the sleep after a month of work. He was glad Seto let him have a day off.