Here is the next chapter you all have been waiting for!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters. Just this story.

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The sound of birds chirping outside, along with the sun's bright light shining through the window made Joey want to bury himself six feet underground, just to escape from it. Joey groaned as he turned onto his side before jerking back as a ray of sunlight hit his eyes. Damnit! Why does it hafta be so bright?!

Now fully irritated, Joey pushed back his blankets and sat up in his bed, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. It's not even noon and my day is already beginnin' ta be shit. Joey sighed as he stood up from his bed and began to walk towards the bathroom. Not even ten steps away from the door Joey walked into a pile of shoes and clothing on the floor, stubbing his toe hard against the bottom of one of his shoes as he fell forward and onto the ground.

"Fuck!" Joey gritted his teeth as he pushed himself up of the floor, rubbing the side of his head where he hit it on one of his school books that were carelessly scattered along his bedroom floor. Today is just goin' ta hell, isn't it?

As Joey had predicted, the day did not go along any smoother. After taking a shower Joey had noticed that he was going to be late for school if he didn't hurry. Throwing on a pair of jeans and shirt, Joey then quickly grabbed all his school work and tossed it into his backpack, before running out of the apartment and down the street towards school.

As Joey raced down the sidewalk he began to slow down when the school came into view. He took a deep breath to calm himself down before walking onto school grounds. He soon spotted his friends standing off to the side and slowly made his way towards them. He sighed to himself as he saw Tristan's eyes fall on him and widened at the sight of him. And here I thought they wouldn' notice. Joey thought sarcastically.

"Joey, man, what the hell happened to you?" Tristan asked as he fully turned to his blonde friend. The others all turned to look at him and instantly wanted to know as well.

The blonde's clothing were wrinkled and were carelessly thrown onto his body. His hair was unkempt and standing up in a few different directions. The bags under his eyes seemed to stand out more from the teens pale complexion.

"Why? Do I look dat bad?" Joey asked sarcastically as he gave his friends a slightly deadpan look. Everyone stared at him with confusion.

"Joey?" The honey-eyed teen turned and looked down at Yugi. "Are you . . . sure you're alright?" Yugi asked his showing his concern for his friend. He was surprised when Joey suddenly scowled at him.

"Yeah Yug, I'm just peachy." Without another word said, Joey quickly turned away from his friends and began to walk into the school as the bell rang. Everyone stood stock still, confused about their friends sudden attitude.

They all kept an eye on Joey the rest of the day. Being in all of Joey's classes, Yugi was able to watch the blonde closely, trying to see if there were any other changes. His fears were confirmed as Joey continued to act strangely throughout the rest of the day.

He noticed that Joey had suddenly became distant from everyone, including Yugi. At the beginning of every class, Joey would find a desk in the very back of the room and seemed to wonder off in his thoughts. Yugi would try to approach him at the end of their classes to ask if the other was all right, but he would get the same answer every time. 'I'm fine.'

Finally, when lunch came around, Yugi and everyone else decided to try one more time before they would leave the blonde alone, and wait it out. Everyone sat at the table, their lunches in front of them, but none of them were paying attention to their food, they were all watching the blonde as he picked and pushed his food around his tray.

Taking a deep breath, Yugi pushed himself out of his seat besides Yami and walked around the table to stand next to Joey. The blonde didn't give any indications that he noticed the tri-colored hair teen. Slowly, carefully, Yugi lifted his hand and placed it on Joey's shoulder.

"Joey? Are you okay?" Yugi asked as softly as he could. He gasped and quickly pulled his hand back when Joey suddenly jerked away from him, an almost animalistic growl escaping from the blondes throat.

Joey then slammed his hands on the table surface, causing a few drinks to knock over and a few heads to turn in his direction. He then turned to Yugi and glared at him, a harsh anger swimming within them that Yugi had never seen before.

"I said I was fine! I just need ya and everyone ta back the fuckaway from me and ta stop askin' me uselessquestions!" He yelled at Yugi, making the amethyst-colored eye teen flinch, his voice strained and full of anger. Yugi stared at him with shock and hurt as the other teen continued to glare at him. He then opened his mouth, about to apologize, when Joey cut him off.

"WHY CAN'T YA JUST LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE?!" By now, everyone in the cafeteria was watching the scene with baited breath. None of them have ever seen the blonde teen raise his voice at one of his closest and dearest friends. The sound of a chair moving across the tiled flooring broke through the sudden silence.

"Joey, you need to calm down." Yami stated calmly as he stood next to Yugi. Joey's honey eyes quickly turned to the former pharaoh and narrowed into slits.

"Stay outta this Yami." Joey spat viciously. Yami didn't even blink at the blondes harsh tone.

"No. Yugi was just trying to make sure you were all right. He was just trying to help." Joey growled at him as he gritted his teeth.

"WELL I DON'T ANY OF YA HELP!" Joey yelled before he quickly spun around and stormed out of the cafeteria, leaving a stunned silence behind him.

Joey growled as he swiftly walked down the hallway and towards the school's entrance. God Damnit! Can't those guys just leave me alone! Couldn' they see dat I didn' want ta talk at all?! Joey pulled the entrance doors open with unnecessary force, causing them to hit and bounce against the walls.

Just as he was about to storm out of the school building, Joey didn't notice the person about to walk in said building, causing him to bump into the other.

"Watch where you're going!" Joey froze shortly at the sound of Seto's voice. He looked up and was met with cold blue-sapphire eyes. He watched as Seto took notice in who had almost slammed into him before he sneered down at him.

"Oh, it's only you Mutt. What, got separated from the other losers you love so dearly? The poor mongrel's lost, isn't that sad." Instantly, all of Joey's previously forgotten anger came back at full force. His eyes quickly narrowed at the young CEO, turning sharp as he glared at Seto.

"Fuck off Kaiba!" Joey hissed before he pushed Seto out of his way and continued to walk away from the school. Seto stood still, a shocked expression on his usually stoic face. He turned and watched Joey's retreating form, noticing the blondes tense shoulders and clenched fists, even from a distance. Seto snaps out of his shock quickly and continues to watch Joey walk away until the blonde is out of sight.

The mutt seems to be in a foul mood lately. First he's distant and now it's like he will snap at everyone that says even a word to him. Seto's eyebrows furrowed together. What has been going on lately with him? Seto continued to think for a few more minutes before coming to a conclusion.

That's it. I'm going to find out what's been going with him, if it's the last thing I do. Seto thought determinedly as he turned and walked into the school building, plans of how he was going to get Joey to spill about what's been going on running through his mind.

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