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~%Last time%~
"Please don't tell Gramps! Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!!" I begged. Yugi sighed.
"Fine, but if he does find out, I'm not bailing you out this time." He said turning back to me. I broke into a grin.
"Okay!" I said happily as the bell rang.
I grabbed my bag and headed out the door with the rest of the gang.
~%*%~
We walked down the sidewalk next to Yugi and I spotted Bakura walking down the street in a slight daze. I frowned.
'What is wrong with him?' I thought. Joey looked at me curiously.
"Whatcha looking at Tammy?" He asked using my nickname. I pointed at Bakura. Yugi smiled.
"It's Bakura! Come on guys!" He yelled running to Bakura. I blinked.
"Yugi I don't think-" Yugi was already up there having a conversation with him. Everyone else had followed him.
I sighed and walked so I could stand next to Yugi.
"Well we should play Duel Monsters sometime!" Yugi said happily. I smacked my friend on the head.
"OW! What was that for?!" He asked slightly angered. I just glared at him before pointing at Bakura. Yugi looked at Bakura who was looking down sadly again.
"Y-Yeah. Sometime." He said softly. I looked at him crossing my arms.
"What's so wrong with playing games with your friends?" I asked. Yugi glanced at me before looking back at Bakura.
Bakura got a little tense before he sighed closing his eyes.
"Well I guess I could tell you guys. But you have to keep it quiet." He said motioning silence with his finger to his lips. I huffed.
"But it cant keep se- mffffhfhfmfhfft!!!" Joey covered my mouth before I could finish.
"She can keep a secret! Especially if it's for a friend." He said looking at me sternly. Then it dawned on me.
'He's not only referring to Bakura's secret, but to his own also. The one about his past.' My gaze softened. I nodded smiling.
"Well every time I play a Duel Monsters game with someone, they end up in a coma. That's why I had to move her to Japan. Away from my friends and family. I live alone here." He said looking at all of us. I widened my eyes in shock.
"Wow every time?!" Joey asked in disbelief. He still had his hand over my mouth. I looked up at Joey who was just freaked out and blinked.
"Well there has to be some sort of explanation for it." Téa said putting a finger to her chin. I smiled a bit.
'That's my friend!' I thought happily. Then Yugi spoke.
"I'm very sorry that you had to move away from your family. It must hard to come here alone with no family." He said glancing at me.
By this time I was looking at my feet and my bangs covered my eyes. I nodded my head considering the fact that my mouth was still covered.
Bakura smiled shaking his head.
"Well I'm not as alone as I thought I'd be. I have all of you guys. And Tamaya is very protective of her friends I've seen and heard." He said looking at me. I looked up a little and nodded.
Joey let go of my mouth as my cell phone rang in my bag. I dug in my bag and pulled out my silver flip phone and read the caller ID.
'David' Came on the screen in blue letters.
I dropped my phone. Bakura bent over and picked my phone up from the ground reading it.
"Who's David?" He asked slightly concerned. Yugi and Téa froze at his name. Joey started freaking out.
"What's going on?! Why is Tamaya shaking?!" Joey yelled annoyed and worried at the same time. That was the first time he ever used my real name.
Téa took the phone from Bakura.
"Please let me walk you home Bakura." She encouraged smiling. She handed the phone to Yugi and dragged off Bakura.
The phone kept ringing as I stood there shaking slightly. Yugi held the phone up so he could read the letters. He looked very angry.
Joey was standing there confused along with Tristan who looked the same.
"What is going on Yugi!?!" Joey yelled a little louder.
Then the phone stopped ringing. We all froze. The phone beeped signifying there was a new voicemail message.
Yugi held the phone out for me. I just stared at it for a moment before I took it shakily. I pressed send and went through my messages.
"New message at three twenty one p.m.
*beep*
I don't know where the hell you are but when you come home you are on for it!!! You think you can run!?!?! Well you can't!!! I will find you!! No matter what!!! You have been missing since Tuesday and its now Thursday!!!! Yeah keep running because when I find you it will be ten times worse!!!! Good luck sneaking home for some clothes or food Tamaya because I'll be waiting for you this time!!!! Your going to get a beating so bad you won't be able to move for a month!!!!!
*beep* End of message.
*beep* Message deleted. You have no more messe-"
I snapped my phone shut and put it in my bag.
"Tamaya I knew you have been gone, but not since Tuesday!" Yugi said shocked. I nodded smiling weakly at him.
"Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I've been through worse. You know that." I said walking past him to my house. Joey ran in front of me grabbing me by the shoulders roughly. I blinked surprised.
"Who was that?!?" He said angered.
"That was my older brother." I said trying to walk past him but he just tighten his grip.
"You're not going back to that place are you?!?!" He asked loudly again. I just blinked again.
"Well yeah why wouldn't I?" I asked softly. He just went wide eyed.
"Well because-"
"Because we care about you and don't want you to get hurt anymore than you already are!" Yugi yelled interrupting Joey. I looked at Yugi in surprise.
He had tears coming down his face.
For me again.
Because I didn't cry.
'I hate when he cries for me.' I looked down and shuffled my feet. Then Yugi grabbed my hand and started dragging me off.
"Y-Yugi! Where in the world are we going?!?!" I asked trying to keep up with him.
"I understand what he's doing." I heard Joey say to himself. Tristan was walking besides Yugi as we walked (almost ran) to where ever they were taking me. I couldn't even see Yugi's face.
I stumbled over my feet as I was dragged all the way to Gramps game shop.
Yugi walked in and didn't even bother taking off his shoes. He still had a grip on my hand. I looked over my shoulder at Joey and Tristan who were standing in the main entrance of the shop watching us leave for the upstairs.
Yugi marched up the stairs with me in tow to Mrs. Muto's room. He didn't bother knocking as he went in and saw his mom folding laundry on her bed. Mrs. Muto looked up as Yugi barged into the room.
"Yugi what have I told you about knocking!?!" She scolded him but he ignored her and turned to me.
I looked at Yugi shocked as he looked at me. It was the Yugi from my dream. He was taller than me and was more serious in the face and eyes. His hair was different and his facial expression was also. He was angry, hurt, and sad. He had tears running down his face.
'This is defiantly not the Yugi I grew up with.' I thought in shock. Yugi looked me in the eyes for a moment before he spoke.
"Take your uniform jacket off." He commanded sternly. I took a step back.
"W-Wha-"
"Do it or I'll do it for you!" He said taking a step towards me.
"Yugi Muto!!" Mrs. Muto yelled from behind him. He shook his head.
"There is something I have to show you Mom. Something Tamaya's been hiding since she was six." Gramps walked into the room to see what all the fuse was all about.
I looked between all of them and I shook my head grabbing my arms.
"N-No." I whispered to Yugi. His eyes softened considerably.
"You need to show them or they can't help. You've shown me." He said touching my arms slightly. I flinched but didn't pull back.
I took off my jacket sighing and showed Mrs. Muto and Gramps bruises on the tops of my arms. They rapped around my arms and looked like hand prints. They were only blisters before they popped. Now they were nothing but bruises that were infected.
"Oh my! Dad go get the first aid kit!" She ordered franticly. I shoved my arms back into my jacket.
"No I'm fine!" I said quickly I grabbed my bag and darted out of the room.
"Tamaya!" I heard Yugi's deep voice call me. I ignored it. I ran down the stairs and past Tristan and Joey.
"Where are you going go Tamaya?"
Gramps words got me to stop. I had my hand on the door handle.
Gramps walked into the room calmly. I wanted to cry but couldn't because I wouldn't know why I was crying. I just stood there emotionless. Everyone stood around the room watching and waited for my answer.
"I…..I don't know…..I want to go somewhere that I can call home." I whispered just loud enough for them to hear.
"Do you think going back to David will be that place?" He asked me seriously. I shook my head.
"No…..but it's the only place I have left." My voice cracked as I started pulling on the door handle.
"Joey do something." I heard Tristan say as the door closed behind me.
'Please show me.' I thought holding out my necklace.
Then I ran.