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Epilogue

"Hey all you seniors! Don't forget to purchase your caps and gowns! Graduation is right around the corner and you don't want to be the odd ball out! Just go to you counselor's room and they'll hook you right up!" The announcement's said, though no one was really paying attention to them. Talk of graduation was thick in the air as there was only one month left until their big day.

"Yo, Yuge!" Joey's voice cut through the thick sound of voices to one particular student who was sitting at his desk, hunched over doing work. Out of the whole class, only one person was working. Everyone else was busy talking since it was just homeroom.

Without looking up, said name asked, "Yeah?"

"Have you bought your cap and gown yet?" He asked. He stood up from his desk and crossed over so he could sit in the empty seat right in front of his best friend for easier talking.

Yugi nodded. "Yup." When he had gone back to school, he was piled high with homework so that he would be caught up with everyone when it came time for the finals. Being in Texas didn't help him at all. If anything, it caused him to get behind. There was so much to do in very little time that he was afraid he wouldn't learn everything in time. If it weren't for Atem and Tea, he wouldn't have been able to get to where he was now. They kept him focused on his work and would tutor him if he got stuck. For the last three weeks, they were helping him and he was beyond grateful. But just because he was backed up with work didn't mean he forgot to order his uniform. He was on top of that.

Tristan looked over his friend's shoulder as Yugi worked out some math equations. "Having fun?" He asked with a smirk, though he was playing.

"Loads," Yugi answered back, rolling his eyes though his brunette friend couldn't see. "How about you sit down and help me with it?"

Tristan wrinkled his nose and shook his head, "Nah, I think I'm good. Besides, I'm not the one who needs to learn it." He straightened back up and ruffled the teen's hair, causing Yugi to groan and stop what he was doing to fix his hair.

"Leave him alone," Tea walked over and wrapped her arms around her boyfriend's shoulders. She kissed his cheek and hugged him tightly. "How's it going?" She asked and looked down at the work to see where he was.

Before Yugi could answer, a different voice did, "He'd probably get more done if you left him alone," Atem playfully said.

Ignoring him, Tea listened to her boyfriend's answer but stuck her tongue out at the ex-pharaoh. She knew he was right, but she couldn't stop herself from interrupting Yugi. She missed him too much, even though it had already been a couple of weeks since he got back.

Yugi leaned back into Tea, taking a break from his evil math problems. He put his pencil down on the table to also relax his cramping hand. "Okay, I guess. Remind me again why math is important?" He rubbed his temple to subside the head-ache that was coming on.

Joey answered him in a know-it-all voice, "It ain't."

Tristan backed him up, agreeing with him all the way, "The teachers just give us math so they can keep us busy and make us learn pointless things."

Yugi smiled and picked his writing utensil back up, "That's what I thought."

Tea hugged him once more, keeping her mouth shut about why they took math during school. To be honest, she was agreeing with the boys right now on math being completely pointless. She was tired of it all and just wanted it to leave so summer could come. Finals were stressing her out, especially since she had to pass them this year so she could exit high school. She knew she was going to pass, she did every year with high grades, but that didn't stop her from freaking out.

Ryou, who had been reading a book, closed it and put it to the side. He joined in the conversation and changed the subject, "Did you already buy your prom dress, Tea?" He asked since prom was one week away.

The girl's eyes lit up like the fourth of July and she released her boyfriend. "Yes! I bought it three months ago."

Under their breaths, both Joey and Tristan muttered in unison, "Dear god." And they rolled their eyes at each other. "Girls."

Unlike the two boys, Ryou always knew how to get Tea interested in a conversation and when Yugi needed help getting back to work. He saw his other fellow Light smile at him as he got busy with his math once again. "What does your dress look like?"

The two got busy talking, well, mostly Tea got to talking. Soon, Joey and Tristan joined in and the talk about prom was on and who was taking who.

Yugi half listened to their conversation as he tried to focus on math. When he got stuck on a problem, he looked up and sought out a certain person who was listening to the others talk. He had an interested but bored looking expression about him so now was the perfect time. Yugi grabbed his brother's arm and pulled him over.

"Need help?" Atem asked, already guessing his younger brother's need. Yugi grinned and nodded and so the two got busy with the work.

As Atem explained how to do a certain problem, Yugi heard who Joey was taking. He looked away from his work and over to his best friend and asked, "Did you already ask Mai to the prom?"

Joey nodded and a faint blush appeared on his cheeks, but it left as fast as it appeared. "Yup. I asked her a while back. She should be flying in really soon, like within the next couple of days." Luckily for prom, the seniors were allowed to bring whoever they wanted whether they be in a different grade, school, or even out of school. So Joey had asked Mai to prom and she had said yes. Or, well, duh, were her exact words.

Yugi nodded. This was the first he had heard of the blonde haired chick since he and her had lunch back in Texas. He was always wondering if Mai had ever managed to tell his friends that he had been alright and there was nothing to worry about. He tried calling her a couple of times, but each time he reached her voice mail and left a message saying he was fine and he made it home safely.

As if reading his mind, Joey said, "And don't worry, she told me about meeting you at some grocery store. She was really worried about you."

Before Yugi could nod his head or say anything, Atem snapped his fingers in front of his face a few times to get him back to working.

XxxxX

By the time lunch came around, Yugi was starving, but he wasn't allowed to go to lunch just yet. He had to go drop off his language arts and science homework so they would be graded and he could get some grades in the system. His friends and brother were going to wait for him, but Yugi said it was only going to take a minute so he sent them off to lunch while he went the other way. Now, he was wishing he had one of them with him so he could talk and not be in complete silence. (Ignoring the fact that the hallways are full of people walking and talking.)

"Well, well, well, look who decided to come back to school," A familiar voice said, stopping Yugi in his tracks. He hadn't heard that voice for a couple of months. He looked over to find the owner of the voice leaning against the lockers with his arms crossed over his chest and his right leg crossed at his ankle. He smirked at Yugi.

Yugi frowned but continued to walk, not wanting to give Danny any satisfaction that he was going to stay and chat. He was hungry and the sooner he dropped his work off, the sooner he could eat. If he stopped and talked, then things would take longer. Besides, he didn't even want to talk to him. The last time he saw Danny was when the bully beat him up in an alleyway at night thanks to his father.

Danny pushed off of the lockers and walked in step right next to Yugi and continued to talk, "So, I heard you moved but then came back. What did your father want anyways? Does he still need someone to beat kids up for him?" He continued to smirk, trying to get underneath the other's skin.

Trying to ignore him, Yugi turned down the hallway that luckily had both of his classes on. He thought about what he had for lunch so he wouldn't have to listen to the bully.

Danny didn't seem to notice as he kept on talking, "If he doesn't, then that's all right; I still have other kids to pummel." Then he did notice the other's quietness. He raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised by the silent treatment and slightly angered by it. "Hey, speak." He shoved Yugi's shoulder to the side.

But still, he didn't speak. Yugi just gritted his teeth and continued forward. His classes were only a few doors away.

"What, so you're not going to say anything? Just going to run away like a little girl?" He smirked again.

"Will you just go away?" Yugi asked without turning to the bully. He couldn't hide the annoyance that filled his voice so he sped up his pace until he made it to his classroom. When he entered the room, Danny didn't follow him, which was a relief. Taking his time, he handed his science teacher all of his work in which the teacher handed him a packet more. He hid a groan and accepted it.

Once he left the room, he found Danny waiting for him on the outside. Not facing him, Yugi asked, "So what, you're going to stalk me now?"

Danny snorted, "In your dreams, runt." He followed Yugi to his next class where he waited once again for him to turn in his work and come back out.

"So why are you here?" Yugi asked, now making his way to lunch. "I haven't done anything to you so why don't you just leave."

That resulted in having Danny grab Yugi's shoulder once again and he was about to shove the teen to the ground for what he said when Yugi surprised him and dodged the hand. He pretty much danced to the side and glared at the bully.

Danny recovered from his surprised shock in seconds as he raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so it seems like someone got a back bone now. Good for him," he sarcastically said.

Yugi was a couple of feet in front of Danny when he looked him straight in the eye and said, "Look, leave me alone. I'm not someone you can pick on anymore."

The bully smirked and asked, "What makes you so sure of that?" He asked and stayed where he was standing, watching the teen in front of him glare.

But Yugi didn't answer him. Instead, he turned around and started to walk away, praying that Danny would just take the hint and leave him alone. What he had said about not being someone to be easily picked on, he was telling the truth about that. He will stick up for himself if need be. He was just giving Danny a chance now to back off.

"Hey, we ain't through here!" The other yelled and walked after Yugi. This time, when he grabbed onto Yugi's should and swung him around so he could beat him in the face; his own face was met with a face full of fist. He felt the force from the punch in his nose, breaking it and causing the blood to start going.

Yugi pulled his fist back and kind of waved it in the air, trying to get over the pain from the impact. His knuckles were starting to ache. He watched Danny clutch his now bleeding nose and told him in a calm voice as he stopped waving his hand, "I told you; I'm not someone you can pick on anymore." With that, he turned around and headed to the place he ate lunch at, leaving the bully stunned in his place.

In only a couple of minutes, Yugi made it outside to where his friend's and brother were waiting for him, sitting down in the shade of the big oak tree, chowing down on their lunches. They were laughing and having a good time.

"'Bout time you made it!" Joey yelled over when he caught sight of his best friend walking over.

Yugi grinned and sat down next to his girl friend. He leaned in to her and took his bag off, placing it on the ground next to him. "Sorry, I got held up by someone." He said and pecked Tea on the cheek just as she took a hold of his free hand.

Atem raised an eyebrow at his partner, feeling a strange emotion coming off of him. A sense of accomplishment. But, before he could ask what had happened, Tristan asked in a confused voice, "Hey, what's wrong with Danny?" He pointed to the bully who had just walked outside and over to a picnic table which had a group of underclassmen eating their lunch. He growled at them and the boys scrambled out of their seat, grabbed their things and ran from the table. He sat down and pressed tissues to his nose which was heavily bleeding.

"I wonder who punched him," Ryou wondered aloud, taking in the red tissues in his hands.

Yugi stayed quiet.

At that moment, Danny decided to look up and over to the group that were watching him from afar. He stared at them but didn't yell. Instead, his eyes met Yugi's. For the first time ever, instead of sneering or glaring or threatening or insulting the boy, Danny nodded his head once in acceptance and turned his gaze away before anyone could make out what he did.

"Probably some kid who was tired of him pickin' on him." Joey said and the group turned away. He took a huge bite of his sandwich.

Atem thought for maybe a moment when he realized what was going on. He looked over to his partner who was looking at something else. He nudged Yugi with his shoe and when his younger brother looked over at him with raised eyebrows, Atem knew why his brother had come over with a sense of accomplishment.

Yugi tilted his head a bit to the side, still waiting on what his brother wanted.

Atem shook his head and hid a smile that crept onto his face by taking a sip of his water. He noticed his partner also smile by him figuring it all out.

"So," Yugi said changing the subject, "What did I miss?"

XxxxX

The End!

I kind of like the ending. I kind of see it as Yugi asking what did he miss while he was turning his things in but also of what had he missed while he was gone as in when he moved.

Lisa: You are so weird.

I know! But it takes one to know one. ;)

Lisa: I ain't weird.

Yes you arrre! We are related. Well, we're one person to be exact.

Lisa: Get on with what you were saying.

Alright! Well, as you can see this is the last chapter! :'( I'm really sad too because I grew attached to it. I really loved writing to it and the way everything developed.

Lisa: And I expect there will be a sequel to this story too? -.-

Nope! :D But there will be short stories…. I haven't really decided. This story is like my baby, so I might be having some extra short stories tying to this one. ^^ Who knows?

Now, one more thing before I let you go for the last time on this story, :'(. On my profile there is a poll about what story I should right next. I'll be taking it down this, this Sunday so if you haven't already, go vote! You're vote counts! And I should also tell you, whichever one wins, I won't be starting that story until I finish the two stories I still have left (No more and my Naruto story, Her New Beginning) Just so you know.

Well, this is it!

Lisa: See y'all later and hopefully in other stories!

Byes! Thank you all SO MUCH for reading and sticking with me through this! You don't know how happy I am that you stuck with me! Byes!

Reviews:

DRAGON: I guess you were an Iggi fan too! ;) That dog made an impression on everyone it seems Hehee. I know what you mean about Mana and Atem. I would have done it, but Mana is in the afterlife. But don't worry; I'm cooking up a short story with those two in it. So watch my page for new stories. :P

And Awwwwwwwwwww, thank you! You're so nice! And I must thank you for reading it and liking it so much! So thank you! And I'll look out for an account. (Though you might want to contact me, lol. I'll easily forget)

Anonymous: Hm…. I could try and cook up a one short about that. It will take me a while because I have so many other stories to worry about including finishing some, starting some and doing a one-shot for a fellow author. But I will try. You already have me thinking upon it. :P Thanks for reading up to this far though!