I have a chapa-ter for yooouuuuuu!Yayness!

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Yami loved sleeping. Just being lazy in general.

He didn't know where Yugi was exactly at that moment, but he did know Jounouchi was with him, so he wasn't worried.

He was also dully aware of the fact that it was about one week untill his 20th birthday, and he wasn't really looking forward to it. It wasn't gonig to be a big deal, really. And he didn't want it to be.

It was, after all, his fualt that what happened to Yugi had happened. He lay there on the couch feeling sorry for himself, thinking of how dissapointed his parents must be, how terrible Yugi must feel, and how everyone in the world must think that he was a terrible brother, becuase the news of the rape had spread like wild fire, thanks to MTV News.

Yami shifted a bit and wondered what he would buy himself for his birthday. Maybe a pack of cigerettes, he was old enough...He only had to wait another year before he could start drinking.

Oh, rapture...

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The week passed slowly for little Yugi. The grey box that held Yami's necklace was in between the two matresses of his bed, where he knew Yami wouldn't snoop around in.

Yami wouldn't go through Yugi's stuff unless he was sure there was something of his in there.Technically, there WAS something of his in there, but Yugi hadn't given it to him, so he was pretty sure his odler brother's powerful intuition wouldn't indicate something of his was missing.

Jou had felt really good about helping Yugi. He knew Yami was important to him, especially after his parents died. Normally, he wouldn't lend money, but he would've felt guilty if he hadn't helped Yugi.

At the end of the week, on the 30th, Yugi felt that fate had decided to make the day even lnoger. He got a test in two classes, and passed them as far as he knew, but a test is a test. The whole of fifth period math got extra homework for being to talkitive, which really made Yugi mad, becuase he hadn't said a word since he'd walked in and sat down.

Nevertheless, he was in his last class of the day, which was study hall. There was about fifteen minutes left untill the bell rang, and about twenty minutes untill Yami picked him up.

The present Yugi had bought was in his backpack, hopfully not getting crushed by his books and such.

He had thought over the way he'd give Yami his gift. He wanted it to surpise him, but not be totally random.

Yugi eventually decided on giving it to Yami when they went to dinner that night with Brandon, who was going to buy the two dinner for Yami's birthday.

He shifted a bit and watched the clock, and felt his stomach turn.

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Sitting in his car and waiting for Yugi, Yami put in a CD to entertain himself.

The Corvette was now very dirty. There was a big mud splash on it's left side from the rain leaving puddles on the side of the road, and by some odd twist of fate, someone driving by while it was parked threw coffee on it while Yami was getting the gas paid for.

But he didn't really care, becuase there was Yugi, trying to escape a croud of girls.

Yami luaghed. "A lady killer, hmm?I guess it runs in the family or something." he watched the hoard of girls surround his car as Yugi got in. "Hi Yami." he said.Yami smiled at him then looked at the fangirls. "Quite a fanclub you got, Yugi." he said, starting the car and pulling out of the parking spot.

Yugi shifted a bit. "Well, I catch the vibe that(a/n:Orion is luaghing at me.^_^) they like you, not me." he said. Yami looked at him through the corner of his eye. "And this doesn't bother you...?" he raised an eyebrow. Yugi gave his trademark grin. "No way. I'm the little brother of a famous person, what's to be bothered about?"

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Adrian watched one of the guards stroll down the hall, whistling. He sneered. "You moron, you don't know what's coming. Must be great to be blisfully and conveiniantly unaware of how naive and stupid you are, hunh?"

The guard didn't hear him, of course. Adrian wasn't about to ruin the plan for the break out, which was going to happen in a few hours.

He and his jail 'associates'(as he called them) had been planning it for about a month, and he wasn't about to ruin it...

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Yami didn't like waiting for food. Yugi was the one with patients, not him.

He always hated sitting at the table on holidays, waiting for whoever was sopposed to be cooking to get dinner finished. His mother would wag a finger at him when he would ask if it was ready yet.

Yugi, of course, was the well-behaved child, and had always had good manners when there was company. The only thing the two of them could agree on disliking was getting dressed up, especially when the cousins they kept forgetting the names to could come in jeans and sweatshirts.

Brandon had brough them to Burkies(a/n:A real resturuant in Indiana. They make the world's best burgers, dude!!!), and they were awaiting for the food to get to their table.

Yugi smiled to himself and brought the grey jewelry box out of his pocket. "Hey Yami..."

Yami looked at Yugi and raised his eyebrows. It was obvious that he was not enjoying the long wait for his food, and just wanted to eat and go home to sleep.

Yugi handed the box to him. "Happy birthday." he said.Yami was a little shocked, and even more so when he opened the box.

His eyes widened when he saw the Celtic cross necklace, and he lifted it out slowly. "Yugi..." he was at a loss for words, and when Brandon showed up with their food, he showed the gift to him.

Brandon got wide-eyed as well. "Wow... Cool. How'd you afford this, Yugi?" he asked, giving the necklace back to Yami, who put it on and looked down at it fondley.

Yugi looked very proud of himself, and very happy for his brother."I saved up for awhile..." he said, as if it was no big deal.

Yami turned to Yugi and gave a rare smile. "Thank you, Yugi." he said, and they all ate dinner with a light air to the whole scene.

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Jou switched on the television and fell backwards onto his couch, amused for a few seconds by the huge cloud of dust that erupted from the old cusions.

His attention was stripped from the dust when he heard about the breakout at the county jail.

'Most of the prisoners were cuaght in the escape, but three made it past the guards. One is Mizuka Taho, charged with murder and fruad,' There was a picture of Taho on the screen, 'the second is Nikakuchi Dasuki, charged with drug possesion, public indecensy, mansluaghter, and stealing. The third is...' he puased, and realized the name was American, 'Adrian Conner, charged with drug possesion, rape of a minor, and murder.'

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Stardust:Yeah, you dinnit know Adrian was American, didja?Haha.See, that's why he's so corrupted.

Orion:...I didn't even know he murdered someone...

Stardust:This will be explained next chapter. 867, pelase pose our question..

867-5309:Okie dokie. We need a vote on the song to be performed next chapter. It's either 'Up All Night' by Unwritten Law, 'Deny' by Defualt, or 'Adam's Song' by Blink 182. Please only vote once, no cheating, pencils down when you hear the beep.

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867-5309:Umm...beep...

Stardust:^_^

Orion:Ugh...I'm surrounded by very strange females...--;;