Yugi's First Love

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Just to remind you all folks, I don't own Yugioh or it's characters I am merely using them as part of my own story.

Chapter Eleven

Ally was about to leave the foster home, when she felt a small tug on her uniform blazer. She turned to see a small girl with long brown hair, no more then 5 with no front teeth, looking tearful "What's the matter Lily?" Ally said kneeling down to comfort her "I lost puddles"

Puddles was her favourite stuffed teddy that had cheeks that were able to glow in the dark at night, it was Lily's comfort toy to help her keep the nightmares at bay. "Did you have him last night?" Ally asked, cuddling the shaky, little girl to calm her down "No, and the bad man came back again" Lily says looking at Ally with tears running down her rosy little cheeks. Wiping the tears off the child's face Ally cuddled the little girl to her and said, "I'll help you find him, I promise you ok?" Lily gave a sad little toothless grin, and toddle off to the breakfast table. Ally quickly ran to find Mona and warn her of Lily's lost toy. See to anyone else it was no big deal, but for this little girl, that bear was the only thing that kept her feeling calm enough to sleep at night, without it, it just means a long night of bad dreams of her past and wet blankets to clean up in the morning.

After Ally had taken care of the lost bear, she collected her bag from the stairs, put her skates on and was out the door "Bye everyone" she called back through the house, and a chorus of "Bye Ally" followed her out the door.

Skating round the corner whilst filling in a cross puzzle she'd pulled out of the morning paper, Ally was soon approaching the door of the Game Shop. Noticing the closed sign, she was about to knock on the door, when all of a sudden it opened and Yami stepped outside "Oh Good morning, is Yugi ready for school?" She asked sweetly, showing him a soft smile. Yami just looked at her for a moment " Hey it's the new girl from yesterday. So this must be who Yugi's hooked on" he smiled back but then his mood shifted to a sad expression.

With a concerned expression on her face, Ally tilted her head slightly to get a look at Yami "Hey, where'd that nice smile go?" She said. Yami looked up at her, took a deep breath and started telling her about Yugi "I'm sorry but Yugi won't be going to school today, Ally", "Oh" She said, looking worried "Is he alright? Did something happen to him?" Yami looked down at the ground as he said "No, he's not really alright at all, he's hurt himself, quite badly actually" He said as little as possible, not knowing that Ally was already aware of what he meant.

"Oh no! Would it be all right if I go and see him? Just for a minute, please I have something for him" Ally asked as she hugged her hands held together at her chest, leaving the newspaper to fall to the ground, looking at Yami pleadingly, Yami was taken back by Ally's reaction, and the look on the girl's face was a picture. To see such worry on a pretty face is a shame and he was starting to wish he hadn't been the one to put it there. To ease her worries Yami gave her a gentle smile "I think he would like that, he's been trying to get away from grandpa all morning" Yami chuckled. Ally calmed down a bit after that and smiled back at Yami "Thank you", "No Problem, see you at school" Yami waved to her and started walking to school as he scrunched up the note Yugi handed him and tossed it into a near by bin, hoping that Ally could see through Yugi's barriers as he could not seem to anymore.


Ally approached the door to the Game Shop and knocked on the door. It was Mr Motto that greeted her at the door. "Oh hello there Ally, How are you this morning?" he asked her "He he I am very well this morning, Mr Motto and yourself?" Ally asked, "No complaints so far my dear, I'm afraid Yugi isn't going to school today. He hurt himself last night and isn't able to attend" Mr Motto replied sadly, there was worry written all over his face, something more was going on with Yugi then he would let on, mind you Ally had some skeletons in her closet that she would rather leave hidden, so she wasn't exactly going to push for details.

"I just came by here to give him something before I went to school, if its alright would I be able to see him for a moment? I'll be very quick I promise, the last thing I want is to disturb someone's rest," She said as she smiled sweetly at the elder gentlemen. "Well with a smile that lovely how could I say no? I'll just let him know you're here come on through." Ally took off her skates at the door and followed Mr Motto through the living area to a case of stairs. Following him up the stairs she stopped on the landing to wait until Mr Motto gave her the ok to go in to Yugi's room. "You can go in now Ally" Mr Motto went back down the stairs to Game Shop.

Ally tapped on the door and walked in to find Yugi sitting in his bed. Ally couldn't help but notice he was wearing light blue pyjamas with multiple pictures of the dark magician all over them. It was so cute! She liked that there was an innocence about him, the kind of innocence that made her want to take care of him, but not too much. "Ally! What are you doing here?" he asked, in a surprised manner, a happy surprise, which was good. " I came to help you feel better Yugi, I heard that you hurt yourself and wanted to see that you were ok," She said with a smile. Yugi had to look away to make sure she didn't see the tears in his eyes. They'd only met yesterday and now here she was, in his room, not to badger or annoy but was simply there for him. "Yugi what's the matter?" Ally asked as she came around to the left side of the bed "Nothing I'm fine"he said dismissively.

Sitting down on the bed, Ally used her left hand to touch Yugi's face in an effort to get him to look at her, it worked, she'd managed to get his attention, seeing the tears in his gorgeous amethyst eyes. "Why do you cry Yugi?" she asks in the most gentle of voices, sending a shiver down Yugi's spine. He fell forwards throwing his arms around her waist and felt her stiffen at his touch but then relax "I wouldn't want to burden you Ally, its ok" Yugi said as soft tears ran down his face on to her pink school blazer. Although Ally wasn't looking directly at him, she was able to see right through him. "Don't be afraid to tell people what your feeling Yugi" she spoke softly to him "its never a burden to others close to you, I may not be that close to you but I'm still here to listen if you need me too" Yugi pulled back and looked into Ally's eyes, this amazing girl that he had only just met was not only here comforting him through his pain but was offering him a shoulder to cry on. Usually with people he'd just met he wouldn't trust them so easily unless he got to know them first. When he looked into Ally's eyes, however, he saw nothing but sincerity and caring within them, care that existed solely for him alone.

"So what pains you Yugi?" Ally asked again in a gentle voice. A tear ran down his face as he laid his head on her shoulder he said "I'm invisible to my so called friends! They pay more attention to Yami then to me and when I talk to them it's like I'm in the way, I just want someone to see me again, as a friend, not as an annoyance. I don't want to be the last resort for my friends anymore" With that he turned his head and began to cry into the soft material of her blazer holding on to Ally tighter as he let out each pain filled sob. Once Yugi had calmed down again he couldn't help but take in the same sweet smell of flowers that came from her. Ally slowly placed her arms around him and patted him lightly on the back "Your friends have simply forgotten how special you are to them Yugi, all you need to do is remind them of that" Yugi looked up at her "How? How do I do that?" Ally looked at him with a small smile "I'm afraid I can't tell you much about that but remember what I said yesterday about being yourself?" Yugi nodded "Well you need to show them who you are, and not remind them of someone they already admire, don't look to copy the same personality that Yami has, just be proud of your own" Yugi just looked wide eyed at Ally as she said "and please remember this much" Ally smiled as she stroked Yugi's hair and said "I am very glad to have met you Yugi and would like it very much if we could carry on being friends" Yugi's tears ran freely down his face as he nodded in agreement to her sentiments.

Pulling away from Ally to sit up and face her properly, Yugi caught his arm on one of the buttons of her blazer "Ow! Damn it!" he cried. Ally took his hand and pulled it towards her "Here let me take a look at it" Again Yugi went to pull away "No Ally it's fine honestly" Ally just rolled her eyes "I came here to help you didn't I? Stop being such a baby" she laughed as she untied the bandages from his wrist. Seeing the horribly puckered scar on his wrist, Ally shook her head "You really did a number on yourself with this one eh?" Yugi merely nodded his head.

Just then, Ally pulled out a small bottle from her book bag, then took a clean handkerchief from it too and poured a tiny bit of the bottle's content onto it. Ripping the handkerchief in half she placed one half of the damp handkerchief on both of Yugi's wrists "Snn! Argh! It stings" Yugi said, "It'll only sting for a moment I promise" Ally said. She started humming a light and gentle tune to herself whilst stroking one of his wrists but making the tune loud enough for Yugi to hear. The sound of it was a soothing and calming melody that if hummed to any child would allow them to sleep through anything, even pain. He closed his eyes to listen to her melody as she continued to stroke his wrist. When he opened his eyes again, the humming had stopped and Ally was gone.

A little note lay on the bed that said:

I tried to wake you to say goodbye but you were out cold! Hope you feel better. P.S. I noticed you had board games in your school bag by your desk, I'll have to come over and play them sometime. Feel better.

Yugi placed the note back on the bed and unfastened the handkerchief that was wrapped around his wrist. To his amazement Yugi saw that the scars had healed to an extent and they didn't hurt anymore. Also he woke up feeling calmer about everything around him even the whole invisibility problem. "What was it Ally did to me?"