"Hey Yug, Joey here. I know you're not ok. Something is definitely not fine with ya. Anyway, Tea came here and dropped an envelope for ya. She told me to call and give it to you. What's up guys? You both behave weirdly!"

For the first time since he met him, Yugi easily noticed how concerned he was from the tone of his voice.

"Nothing... I'll come by and get it... later..."

"She said to take it as soon as possible, man."

"Okay, be there in few minutes..."

Yugi hung up.

"Yami, what do you think this is all about? Why would she do that?"

"I usually never say this, but, I do not know."

The boy shrugged, grabbed his vest and walked out of the house telling his grandpa he'll be back soon. Sugokoru nodded and waved.

Yugi hurried to Joey's house which was only a few blocks away. Once he got there, he knocked. The door instantly swung open.

"There Yug, that's what she left, here!"

He handed it to him. Yugi snatched it up hastily.

"Hey wanna come eat dinner here with me and my family?" Asked Joey, moving a hand through his hair.

"No... No it's okay I'll go back home, thanks anyway."

"As you wish."

"Bye..."

He walked away from Joey's home and ran back to his. There, he leaned against a big oak tree in his backyard and tear open the letter. Yami's quietness made him somewhat uncomfortable; it wasn't common... Yugi read it out loud.

"Dear Yugi,

I'm sorry about what happened today. I just wish to apologise. If you want further information, please come to the adress I wrote on the back of the envelope. It's Tristan's house but I don't think you had the full adress. I'll be there for the night, he's helping me with my math. Come whenever you can! Sorry again...

See you tonight,

Tea Gardner."

Out of all of the letters Tea wrote to him, this was the one that seemed the most serious... In fact, too serious.

"Yami... I don't like the sound of this too much..." He didn't even try to hide his fear anymore.

"It's okay Yugi... Let's go and we'll know!"

Yugi nodded, got up and walked back in the direction he had before. As he passed in front of his best friend's house again, Joey was staring at him curiously from his bedroom window.

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I don't know where he's going but I hope he won't get in trouble. He bit his lower lip. I'm sure he wouldn't like if I followed him but man... maybe I should for his safety. Yah! I will, but I'll make sure he doesn't notice me.

After making sure there was quite a bit of distance between him and the boy, he began to follow him, silently.

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Yugi looked at the envelope then at the huge bricked house in front of him. This was the right place. He climbed up the stairs leading to the appartment indicated. He knocked and waited; in vain.

He knocked again, harder this time.

Still nothing.

Yugi finally decided to check if the door was locked. Surprisingly, it wasn't so he walked in and looked around. Music was blasting; this must have been why they never heard him. In fact, it would have been better if they had because Yugi shyly walked in the room he believed to be Tristan's and saw Tea and him enlaced together and kissing. They were naked, but for their underwear.

Yugi felt his knees getting weaker and he collasped onto the carpeted-floor. Tears rolled down in cheeks like water out of a faucet left open. The lovers finally noticed him...

"Yugi! I'm sorry... I mean...um... I meant to explain this... but... b...u...t... you... arrived... before we planned! It... it was a mistake earlier and---"

The millenium eye shone on his forehead. Yami violently pushed Yugi in his soul room and took over. He abruptly cut off Tea's sentence, wiping the boy's tears away from his face.

"See what you have done to Yugi? You crushed his heart! It's all your and HIS fault." He looked up at Tristan as both pulled away from the hug. His voice morphed from deadly calm to uncontrollably mad.

"Do you know how much it hurts?! Do you even have an idea???"

He stood, waiting for an answer, anger blazing in his amethyst eyes. He glared at the couple before him. His features darkened even more when he drew his eyebrows together and clenched both of his fists.

Yami walked towards Tristan, laid his hands on his shoulders and pulled him up. He violently slammed him against the wall with a tremendous force. Yugi protested loudly from his soul room.

Yami screamed; Nobody hurts MY yugi! I'm his guardian! I shall protect him until his death! while throwing a punch towards his face. Surprised, Tristan barely dodged it. Yami clenched his fists hard enough so that his finger nails dug into his own flesh.

He closed his eyes and raised his right fist again. This time, he put all of his strength and anger in his action. Without that, Yami was still stronger than Tristan, even restricted by Yugi's slim build. If only Yugi would have been a bit older...

He punched as hard as he could, and felt his fist collide with the boy's nose. The sickening crack of bones being cleaved apart, this time accompanied by screams of pain, made the rest of room fall quiet but for Yugi's protests that still echoed in Yami's mind. Everybody was speechless including Tristan's parents who had arrived and observed the scene in disbelief. Seeing their son's bloody face was something not that uncommon BUT seeing him and his new girlfriend half naked was another thing!

Yami moved back and used his left feet to kick both of Tristan's tibias several times before reaching up and releasing a final kick at his stomach. Yugi's classmate was unable to move. It was as if he was completely defenceless.

Yami brushed some dust off his jacket and straightened it. Tristan fainted letting out a loud cry of pain. He usually was a strong and experimented fighter but the pain and surprise combined was overwhelming this time.

The golden-haired boy spun around and murmured under his breath...

"Take this as a lesson, next time I won't be as understanding..."

He gently pushed Tristan's parents away from the doorway and walked out, casually, not looking back their reactions.

He bumped into Joey when he opened the front door.

"Yug? What happened? I heard the screams!" Did anybody hurt you?

"Thanks for coming, Joey. You're a good and protective friend. I know you care for Yugi a lot but I can defend him myself. It's okay, let's go back..."

Joey nodded, understanding that he had spoken to Yami and not his smallest version. Both went back to Yugi's place in total silence... When they got close to his house, they heard a noise simular to glass breaking and stuff being knocked all over the place...

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What can happen next? Anything to make Yugi's life worse than it is? Find out how things will turn out in chapter 4! By the way, sorry for Tea x Yugi's fans. Let me just mention this: Yami did not hurt Tea and won't ever. So, don't kill me! I don't think her relationship with Tristan will work for very long though... what about you?