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Chapter Twenty

"Okay class, I gave you all an extra day to finish your projects. Now, you have to turn them in." Ms. Maki instructed her class just as the bell rung and everyone found their way to their seats. She clapped her hands a few times to gain everyone's attention before saying, "Now pass them all forward."

Everyone in the class began to pass up their final reports from their projects. I, however, stood up from my seat and without saying a word to my fellow friends and boyfriend, walked over to the front of the class with my half finished project in my hand. As soon as I arrived at the teacher's desk, I stopped and cleared my throat to redirect the teacher's attention from her computer screen.

"Mr. Mutou, what can I do for you?" She asked, seeming a little curious. She turned in her chair to face me, her elbows propped up on her desk while her hands crossed under her chin.

I handed her my project and explained before she could ask any questions. "I finished my book report and did more than half the assignment. I'm afraid that my partner won't be back in time to finish his part." Trying my hardest, I tried not to show any emotion of what I was feeling.

Ms. Maki took my project and glanced it over. Without looking up, she asked, "Why won't Ushio be able to complete his part of the assignment? You do know I can't take an incomplete project." She finally looked up.

I looked her dead in the eye and said, "That will be something you have to take up with the police and principle. As for an incomplete assignment, I looked through the school's website and it said that as long as you finish your whole part of a project or some kind of work when you're with a partner, that the part you did has to be graded." I could almost seen her gaze harden a little at my straight up answer and just to ease some of the tension, I added, "The only thing I can say is that Ushio will not be coming back to school for a while. I didn't see it any fair to have done my part of the work all for nothing." Giving the teacher no time to say anything, I turned my back to her and began walking back to my desk. This time, I couldn't help the small grin that broke out on my face.

Once I sat down, Joey and the rest of the gang turned towards me.

"What was that about, Yuge?" The blonde asked, noticing my grin.

I shook my head and brought my journal out of my bag. When I glanced up from my bag, my eyes met Yami's and he gave me a small encouraging smile. Everyone around us was confused and for a minute, I let them be. And then, before the teacher could start her lecture, I told them in a soft voice so no one else would be able to hear, "Ushio was sent to jail."

"For what?" Ryou asked, a smile breaking out on his face too.

"For attempt murder." Yami answered. "Apparently Danny told his parents about Ushio and they immediately filed a report. Then following the arrest of Tetsu Ushio, a court order was in play. He was charged with attempt murder and also being in a gang."

Bakura looked up in interest. "For how long?" He asked.

"Seven years." I said. "Three for the attempt of murder and four for the gang. It would have been less if we didn't have all of the victims testify against Ushio."

"And it would have been more if you were part of it." Yami added under his breath. No one else seemed to hear him except for me and I turned to him.

"You know I couldn't testify," I softly told him, not because I didn't want my friends to hear but because it was the truth. "It's been to long since everything and who would believe me?"

Yami's gaze hardened against mine and he kept his voice down low. Luckily, everyone else turned their attention to the teacher who began her lecture. "You have proof of what that bastard did to you. And just because it's been a couple of months -,"

"No," I shook my head, cutting him off midsentence. "In the end, Ushio got what he deserved. When he gets out of jail, the police are going to be keeping a close eye on the streets in case Ushio goes back to his old habits."

"But-,"

"But nothing." I took Yami's hand into the both of mine and squeezed. "What happened stays in the past, Yami. I think he got what he deserves. Can we leave it at that?" I widen my eyes just a tad for effects.

My other bit his lip and tried for as long as he could not to look away. However, after a minute, he gave in. "You know I hate it when you do that." He mumbled and looked away.

I smiled and squeezed his hand once more. "And I'll tell you what," He glanced back with a slightly curious look, "When Ushio does make it out and if he comes too close to me for your liking, I'll look the other way and whatever you do, I will pretend somebody else got to him."

Yami smirked. "I'll keep you to that." He said. "But that is only, if, he makes it out."

I raised an eyebrow and was about to question him on that 'if' when the teacher called us both out, scolding us for talking during her lecture.

XxxxX

As soon as the bell rang to end school, I raced out the school's door with Yami on my heels. Our hands were connected, tightly crossed in each other's grip so we couldn't lose one another. I dodged around groups of students walking away and other by passers, not even bothering to use my manners.

"Yugi!" Yami rolled his eyes at my impatience. "He'll be there. We have time!"

I heeded him no attention as I continued to run. We had to get there before he left, we just had to! We turned a corner and despite by breathing coming out in short pants, I kept going. I vaguely knew where we were going, since I've only been to his house once before. As we ran by a street, I felt a tug on my hand before stopping and glancing over at my boyfriend.

"What?" I frowned and almost glared at him.

Yami seemed unaffected as he pointed to a street we were about to pass.

I glanced up at the street name and if my cheeks weren't already red from the cold, they would have been a brightly scarlet color. I bit my lip and scratched my head with my free hand in embarrassment. I heard a chuckle from my other and before giving him a warning, I set off down the correct street.

Within two minutes of running, a taxi cab appeared in front of a two story, red brick house. There were several trees in the front and snow covered the ground. In the front yard, there was an unmistakably red For Sale sign that had a smaller blue sign on it that read Sold. A couple of people were standing in the yard, talking in front of the taxi cab. Only three people; two male and one female. Without a doubt, I recognized one of the guys, Danny. The female must be his mother and the other guy the taxi cab driver.

We came to a stop several feet from the house. "Danny," I called out, hoping to gain his attention.

All three people looked up and Danny smiled. He looked to his mom, muttered something to her before excusing himself and walked over to us.

"Hey, I thought you guys weren't gonna make it," Danny said when he was close enough. A look of relief crossed his face upon seeing us.

I grinned and shrugged my shoulders, "If I didn't make Yami hurry up, we probably weren't going to."

Yami rolled his eyes but had a smile on his face. He looked to Danny and said to him, "And if it weren't for me, Yugi would have never made it. Almost missed the turn."

I frowned at him but at Danny's laugh, I joined him.

After a minute, we calmed our laughing down. I wiped my eyes, even though there were no tears. I glanced over Danny's shoulders, movement catching my eye. Danny's mom and the cab driver were beginning to load the few bags the two had into the car.

"How much longer are you going to be here?" I asked, glancing back to my friend. I felt my heart squeeze at the thought of my friend leaving.

"And where exactly are you moving to? Have you found the exact location?" Yami asked since we never found out that exact information.

Danny scratched his arm and looked over his shoulder, noticing the car being packed up. "Not much longer," he said and then turned to face us again. "But yeah, we settled in the states. Some state called Texas." He shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know anything about it and yet, that's where I'm moving too."

'Texas… That's a long ways away from here…' I thought, biting the inside of my lip. 'The only way we'll really be able to talk is online…'

As if reading my thoughts, Danny nudged my arm with his own. "Well, at least this way, we can talk online and it's no lie that we're long distance from one another." He grinned. I smiled back too, remembering back when we were still online chatting, before we knew who the other was. The King of the Waffles.

"And you're actually moving to Texas." I added. Tears prickled at the back of my eyes but I kept them at bay. "Wasn't that the place you told me you 'lived' when we were online chatting?"

Danny thought about it for a minute and then a grin spread on his face again. "Yup." He said and let out a small chuckle. "I guess I did. Am I physic or what?"

I laughed and rolled my eyes, "Oh yeah, you are totally physic. You can totally see into the future." At that statement, I caught Yami's eye and knew immediately what he was thinking. Ishizu could see into the future with the help of the Millennium Necklace. I gave him a small shake of my head and he responded with an eye roll.

I opened my mouth to say something but was cut off by Danny's mom yelling for him.

We all turned towards the mom and noticed her getting ready to enter the car, her door opened and a leg already inside.

Danny turned back around. When I faced him, I noticed a look a sadness enter his eyes. "Well, I guess it's time." He said. He held a hand out to Yami and Yami took it. "It was great to get to know you these last couple of days."

Yami nodded in agreement. "It was. And thanks for keeping an eye out for Yugi. There's so much to repay you for all that you've done, and I don't know where to begin. So, if you ever need anything, despite being in a whole different country, just give me a call and I will do everything in my power to help."

They were still shaking hands when Danny tightened his hold. Not in an aggressive way, but just one to get a point by. "Just make sure to look after him. That'll be enough payment for me. Keep him close, and don't lose sight of him." A look passed between the two, a look of understanding and meaning. A hidden message. Before I had time to decipher what it was, the two released each other and Danny held a hand out to me.

I looked at his out stretched hand as if it was some kind of joke. Then I glanced up at him. He looked a little nervous. I rolled my eyes and gave him that look that said seriously? before throwing my arms out around his waist and hugging him as tightly as I could. I felt arms wrap around my small frame and tighten.

"Thank you," I whispered, feeling the tears from before being unleashed. "Thank you for everything."

"Any time, Game," he whispered back and hugged me even tighter, "any time."

We held each other for a moment longer. There was so much I wanted to say to him but I didn't know how to say it. This was pretty much goodbye forever and the best I could come up was thanking him. Some friend I was. I buried my head into his chest until it was time for him to go.

I pulled away, wiping my eyes before he could see my fallen tears. "I guess this is it," I said and when we could see one another's face, I could see unshed tears in his own eyes.

"Yup," He said. He tried for a smile but it came out more as a grimace. "I guess I'll be seeing you guys." He said.

I nodded my head. I could tell he was trying as hard as he could not to let his expressions show, to keep it all in. I didn't comment on it, knowing how hard it was for him.

As Danny turned around and started to walk away, I leaned into Yami, feeling even more emotions well up inside. His arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me closer. With my head on his chest, I watched a good friend of mine leave Japan to start his own new life in the United States.

"I'm going to miss him," I said quietly, feeling new tears leave my eyes. Yami didn't say anything. "He helped me through so much, kept me company on lonely nights. It's thanks to him that I'm even alive." I sniffed. It wasn't only Yami who needed to say it, but I should have too. There was so much I owed to that man leaving but I didn't know where to even start. Suddenly, a thought did pop into my head.

"Yami…" I said, suddenly straightening up.

"You don't need my permission, Yugi." Yami said, already knowing what I was thinking. How he knew, was beyond me. I just thought of this just a second ago. That, and he was okay with this?

"Are you sure?" I asked, without even having to look at him.

"I don't like it," he admitted, "But I know it's something that you want to do. You feel like you owe him a lot and this is something you feel like you have to do."

I softly smiled, "Not have to, Yami, want to. I think I owe him this much."

Yami nodded his head and released his hold on me. "Go. I'll be right here."

As soon as I released my hold on my only true love, I yelled to my friend, "Danny!" I didn't even see him stop and turn around as I ran towards him.

"Yugi?" Was the only thing he managed to say before he noticed me running at him. His arms immediately went to grab me as I jumped at him, him not even aware of what was going on. "Yugi? What's go-," He started to say but was cut off when my lips met him. At first, he was shocked and a little surprised but he quickly caught on.

We were in lip contact for about a minute. It was nothing special and it didn't go past the lips, but we held each other for a brief moment before I pulled away first. My eyes were on his and I told him, reading his confused eyes, "I owe you so much for everything you've done, so I thought that was necessary."

Danny nodded, his confusion turning to be a bit in a daze. "Oh, alright." I rolled my eyes and he grinned, slowly setting me back down on my feet. He looked over my shoulder, noticing Yami looking in a different direction, his face too hard to read. "And he's alright with this?"

I didn't have to turn around to know who he was talking about. I nodded my head, "He doesn't like it, but he understands. Don't worry," I added with a smirk, "he's not going to beat you up."

"Uh huh…" Danny gave a nervous smile before turning to me. "I'm going to miss you, Yugi. And I'm sorry about everything."

I shook my head. "That is all in the past now. But, I'm sorry too." We hugged each other one last time. "Promise me you'll Skype me as soon as you are possible?"

Danny nodded. "Of course. I'll probably end up talking to you every day. So make sure you put some time aside for me."

With a nod, I smiled. "Definitely." I took a step back so he could get into the car. I watched him get in and get settled, all the while wrapping my arms around myself as if I was cold. But I wasn't. It was a way to comfort myself. But that wasn't needed for much longer before I felt a pair of arms wrap around me from the back. I leaned back, already knowing who it was.

"Are you alright?" Yami asked and gave me a little squeeze to show that he was here.

I nodded my head. "Yes, just a little sad." From the window, Danny held up a hand and began to wave. He was smiling, but it was full of sadness. Both Yami and I held up our hands in farewell. Slowly, the car came to life and began to pull away from the curb. As it started to drive away, all three of us continued to wave until the car was soon out of site.

And once the car completely disappeared, did we let our hands drop.

"So, what do you want to do?" Yami asked after a minute of silence.

My eyes were still glued to the site where the car was last seen. The feeling from before was slowly starting to go away. I did all that I could to show him my thanks. I hope he was okay with it.

"I don't know." I softly said.

"Would you like to go home? I know there's a certain couch that is just waiting to have people cuddle on it." He told me in a flirtatious way and gently poked my sides, getting a giggle put of me. "We could also watch a movie, your pick with some popcorn."

Still leaning back against him, I tilted my head back and glanced up at his face. He peered down at me. "I'd like that," I told him and smiled. Being casual about it, I leaned up a little and my lips touched his. For the first time in months, are lips finally touched. The kiss was nothing special, just like the kiss I shared with Danny, though this one had more feeling into it. More love.

When I finally pulled back, amused by his expression, I told him, "I love you, Yami." Then I snuggled against him, glad everything was now finally back to the way things used to be.

XxxxX Until next time!

One chapter left and it's the Alternate Ending!

Now because y'all throw a fit, the kiss was something I've been planning for months.

Lisa: And before you ask, hell no was it because Yugi is attracted to Danny. He only loves Yami. Got it?

A little rude much? I just saw it as something cute that happens between the two from everything that had happened and all the two went through together.

One last thing before I let you go, if there is something you feel is missing,

Lisa: And not why everyone ignored Yugi

Please tell us. We want to make sure all of the loop holes are filled and not just hanging open before we come out with the last chapter.

Well, talk to you guys later!

Citation:

"Questions about Joining a Gang." Gangs: Questions & Answers from Prison: Joining a Gang. Gangs and At-Risk Kids, 28 May 2010. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. . .

"Arrested - Attempted Murder?" Arrested - Attempted Murder? Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education, 23 July 2010. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. speakup/1-arrested/2002-How-long-do-you-go-to-jail-for-attempted-murder.