Misunderstood

Yami: What made you update this so quickly?

Kyoshi: Well I got many good reviews and this is a meaningful chapter.

Yugi: Meaningful how?

Kyoshi: I finally put in some real angst!

Seto: Really.

Kyoshi: YUP!! ^_____^ There is also some fluff in here, but you might have to look for it.

Ryou: Did you study for your exams?

Saffire: No, she didn't ~_~ Kyoshi you idiot.

Kyoshi: What? I hate studying, and I only did bad on one so far. I think at least. I still have one tomorrow. Japanese. Oh Joy. Should be REALLY easy.

Seto: Study for that one?

Kyoshi: Nope.

Everyone: ::sigh::

Jou: Are you gonna tell everyone about Nabiki and Aiji?

Kyoshi: I guess so, now would be good. Well… Nabiki-chan and Aiji-chan will also probably get to be in the story, but don't worry, they'll just be there, just like Kaoru ^^ He's just randomly there.

Malik: You realize no one voted for the disclaimer thing again.

Saffire: ::sigh:: yes. Now I have to rack my brain for something to do…. Maybe something will come to me later.

Kyoshi: My mother is very close minded ~_~;;

Yami: How so?

Kyoshi: Reason one – Someone in my class gave me a necklace with a sword on it and just a little bit ago she called it ugly _. Reason two – She doesn't accept my religious beliefs. Grrr…. Reason three – biggest reason. She thinks homosexuality isn't correct. ::twitch::

Everyone: O___o

Kyoshi: ____ She doesn't understand anything!!!!!

Yugi: That's why you haven't said anything about-

Kyoshi: Without finishing that thought Yugi. Yes.

Yugi: Kawaisou ni. (You Poor thing)

Kyoshi: Arigatou.

Saffire: I'm going to thank the reviewers this time. I made you all little plushies! They're little kitties and puppies. ::looks around:: where are they? ::looks again and sees Yami and Seto whistling innocently:: Can't find them! ::sigh:: Now what can I give you all for reviewing? How about I get the next chapter updated before Saturday! ^___^ So I would like to thank –

KaTyA, This chapter has more angst than the last one could ever hope to have. I'm evil ^^ I'd give you a Yugi neko plushie to hug, but I can't seem to find them. Yugi won't become an ACTUAL psycho but he will have some creepy random thoughts O_o Thanks for reviewing!

Yami Tsuki Tenshi, You didn't know because I guess I just typed in the number on the fav stories page. ^^;; It's quite Random. That comment about Yugi's height has some truth to it. I just changed the words to fit Yugi's problem. It originally was 'There are too many fat ppl in the halls.' ::wince:: I'm a little overweight, but it still hurt badly. You know what, to tell you something that might make you think a bit, with what will happen Yugi COULD end up in a hospital, but he won't, I can guarantee that. Thanks for reviewing!

Kyra Windwood, Yup, school's a bitch. I have exams this week ___ Only one more test! That's all I have to keep thinking! It's almost over! Thank Kami-sama…

Hikari no Neko, I'm so flattered that you like my story ^^ I wasn't sure that anyone would cause my writing ability isn't that good. My fav yaoi couples too ^^ Love them lots! I absolutely HATE Anzu!! Three girls that I hate more than anything – Relena from GW (gets in the way of 1x2), Kotori from X (she's annoying, doesn't know HOW to scream and gets in the way of FuumaxKamui ^^) and of course Anzu who happens to be as annoying as Relena. ::sticks out tongue:: Yucky…

FairysGift, Thanks for reviewing! All I want is someone to suggest a person to do the disclaimer, as I'm not sure who I want to do it. The reviewers have the power to decide who and what they wear ::hentai grin:: though I think they need to be wearing something, but it doesn't have to be much ^^ Crazy Kyoshi.

Blah, Yup! Lotsa angst in this chapter. Sadly it comes from an experience that I had a few months ago ~_~ I didn't really want to relive that, but it worked for this chapter. I changed a few things but the general thing that happened stayed the same. I hinted at it in the notes from last chapter. Enjoy the drama!!

Ninepixmon / skyler izumi, ::glomps:: fellow Gackt fans!!!! I feel SOOO happy!! At least someone knows who the hell I'm talking about! I also like Kami ::sniff:: poor Kami-san. He was one of my fav drummers and is my 5th Kami-sama, while Gackt is my #1 ^_____^ Thanks for the encouragement, and look out for other J-Rockers when I name them. J-Rock and Yaoi are two of my absolute favorite things!!

Youko Demon, Thanks for the review! If I had one I'd give you a Kitsune plushie ^___^

Penny: Angel of Darkest Dreams, Thanks for the compliment. I've seen the Rede and I know. It's just better to use 'Magick' with a 'k' because when people see 'Magic' they will probably think of something along the lines of stage magic and stuff of that sort. I've just seen many people use the 'k' so I use it too. Have you read the GW ficcy by Starry_Night called 'Firelight'? It's one of the best stories that I have ever read. I'm not sure it's on this site anymore because of when FF.N when ban-happy and took away NC-17. It was rated that because of a scene in CH 8 I believe it was. I can send it to you if you want. Just put your e-mail in a review and ask me. I'd be glad to do it ^___^

Kyoshi: I got more reviews for this chapter than either of the two previous. I'm soo happy *____*

Jou: Easily pleased now are ya?

Kyoshi: Not always. I'm easily amused though. Sometimes.

Saffire: I think it's time for the disclaimer. Now who should do it? ::looks at everyone who seem to be cowering away::

Yami: Why don't you do another J-Rocker?

Kyoshi: Excellent idea! How about the Golden God Yoshiki!

Yoshiki: Nani?

Saffire: Yo-chan, will you do the disclaimer?

Yoshiki: You're not allowed to call me that.

Kyoshi: If we bring back hide-sama will you do the disclaimer?

Yoshiki: O__O You can do that?

Saffire: ::snaps fingers and the pink haired guitarist appears and lunges at the golden haired drummer::

hide: Yo-chan! ::glomps::

Yoshiki: hide *___*

Everyone: Awww….

Saffire: Our deal?

Yoshiki: oh.. umm.. right.. The two of them don't own the characters in this story, just the story itself. Don't sue, cause they are poor as hell.

Kyoshi: Okane ga arimasen ;_;

Yoshiki: Can I keep hide?

Saffire: When you're in the notes you'll have him. ^_~

hide: Yeah! Yo-chan!! Cool!!

Bakura: Are you gonna start the story anytime soon, you've ranted WAY too much.

Saffire: ::hurriedly:: Without much further ado, I bring to you the 4th chapter of Misunderstood.

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It was a wonderful Tuesday morning, and it happened to be warmer than yesterday. Though Yugi was always cold in his room. He was half-asleep and just wanted to lie there all day, or for a lot longer than his alarm clock would allow when it went off. In his half-asleep mind he was dreaming about his Yami, though he didn't know why. He just was. His other half was speaking to him, but no sound came out of his mouth. It looked like he was mouthing, 'Mou hitori no ore. Mezamete.' Yugi's eyes were partially opened but his sight was kinda blurry.

"Mou hitori no ore. Mezamete." He was given a little shake. "Aibou, wake up."

While still half-asleep he managed to pull Yami onto the bed with him. He curled up into his chest and sighed contently, going back to sleep.

Yami blushed. "Come on little one, it's time to get up." Yugi showed no signs of letting go. 'Maybe I'll let him sleep for 5 more minutes.'

He finally go Yugi up 8 minutes later and the shorter boy blushed hotly when he saw that he was curled up with his Yami.

"Gomen nasai Yami."

Yami still had a reddish tinge to his cheeks when he answered. "That's ok Aibou. You did nothing wrong."

Yugi let go and sat up along with Yami. He rubbed his eye and yawned. Yami smiled at his Aibou. 'Totemo kawaii.'

"Why didn't the alarm clock work?"

"It broke, I'll look at it later. Now get ready, I'll be downstairs." He then left like always. Yugi picked out his outfit which consisted of baggy pants and a light blue pullover. Before he went downstairs he grabbed his silver CD player and hide's Junk Story. (AN: hide is pronounced 'he-day', he's the fluffy pink haired guitarist from X Japan and has solo stuff, that's one of his CD's, although it's only a compilation of his singles. Back to the story ^^;;) Popping in the CD he selected song five and half danced down the stairs to meet Yami. Misery was one of his favorite songs. He jumped into the living room humming the tune. Yami again smiled at him and handed him his bag. They left to go to the bus and little Yugi was content listening to his CD.

They arrived at school and said goodbye and walked to their respective classes. Most of Yugi's Study Hall was spent making sure that he did his sakubun correctly. This time he was going to be better than the rest of them. He worked really hard on it and hoped that it was as good as he thought it was. Yugi's eyes narrowed as he thought to himself. 'It'll be better than Yukito's. It has to be.' You might be wondering why he was so determined to be the best in his class. This was one of the areas that his perfectionistic streak showed and he would only tolerate the best. His Study Hall ended and he went to his Japanese class. Yukito was already there, talking to the people that sat around Yugi with his ever-present sarcastic tone.

'Damn him.' Thought Yugi.

The bell rang and the teacher started class immediately, telling them to get out their Ima 2 text and workbook so that they could do a listening exercise.

'This is easy.' He marked in all of the answers that were said in the conversation on the tape. After that they talked about the test and what would be included on it. It was a minute before class ended and the teacher told them to bring their sakubuns tomorrow since she forgot to collect it today.

'On to English. I wonder how Yami's morning has been.'

He walked into the room and was greeted by a hyper Kaoru.

"Hihi! Yugi!"

"Ohayou Kaoru." The younger boy grinned.

You see, Kaoru Manori was only 14 but was also in the Junior English class. He had moved only about 6 months ago and had taken an advanced English class at his previous school.

They both walked to their seats in the back. A minute later a solemn looking Yami walked in with his bag slung over his shoulder. Yugi waved to him and he gave his Aibou a half-smile. He took his seat next to Yugi.

"How was your morning Yami?"

"I have a History test tomorrow. Should be an easy one. Other than that today has been quiet so far."

Jounouchi ran in as the bell rang.

"I'm not late! I got in before the bell ended!"

"Jounouchi, if you would take your seat we can begin. We'll be watching a movie today. You should take notes because there will be a test on this." Everyone groaned.

In Geometry they had another pop quiz, this one was on proofs. Both Yugi and Seto finished it quickly. When it was time for lunch Yugi bought a drink like always. You just can't trust school food. Ryou spent the time studying for a test he had later. The boy with tri colored hair sat there thinking to himself and occasionally taking a sip of his drink. 'I wonder what we're gonna do in Japanese club later. I hope it's something good and not another game with chopsticks. Jou could kill someone with them.'

He went to his Science class and met Yami at their table in the back. They had a test.

'Oh Joy.' Thought Yugi.

Halfway through the test Yugi asked his Yami something through their link.

/Yami. Did he even teach this? I don't remember doing it./

//You're probably right, but just try it.//

Yugi sighed, but continued the test.

In History they finished the notes and also watched the movie they started yesterday.

In his last class there were no errands to run so he sat quietly in the back of the class and read a story that he found last night. Finally the bell rang and most of the kids of the kids left the room. Kaoru stayed and walked back to sit near him.

"How was your day?"

"Pretty good I think. Though that Science test that Yami and I had was so pointless!"

"I don't have a Science class till next semester."

"And then I'll be rid of that boring class."

//Aibou…// Yugi looked up. /Yami!/ He smiled. His other half sat down next to him. They heard laughing and looked towards the door. Jou walked in the room dragging the arm of his boyfriend who looked less than happy.

"Hey guys!" Jou finally let go of Seto's arm and sat down near them. The brunette followed his Puppy.

"So Yug, do you know what we're doing today? Do we get to play with chopsticks again?"

"I don't think we're doing chopstick games." He said while he thought. 'Thank Kami-sama.'

Yukito walked into the room with his group. Yugi and his friends heard him say, "Look, the faggot couple came."

Jou growled and Seto grabbed his hand to try and calm him down.

"Jou. Relax. He isn't worth your time."

He glared over at the longhaired boy.

"If I ever catch that loser in my part of town he'll wish he wasn't ever born."

The club meeting started and it seemed that they were planning for the annual Food Festival that would be next month. Kaoru had to leave early to go to an appointment so he left the planning to the rest of them.

Jou went to the front of the room to look at the cookbooks, and brought back two of them.

"I'm not sure how to cook, so you get to decide."

He handed the books to Yugi.

"It's a group decision Jou."

They all looked through the first book and saw nothing they liked. The second book had the same results.

"How about we make sugar cookies and put random kanji on them."

"I guess we could. We'll just make a lot of them."

"Jou… We need to leave now. I have a meeting later and I'd like to take you out before I go."

The blond smiled at Seto. "Sure thing Lover. Can we get ice cream?" Seto nodded. "Yeah! Let's go!" He got up. "See ya later guys!" He took Seto's hand and they both left. Across the room Yukito sneered at the happy couple.

//So I guess we're stuck with making just cookies for this?//

/Seems to be that way. I'm not sure what else we could make./

Yugi picked up the books and walked to the front of the room to put them back. He saw a girl standing on the other side of the teacher's desk by herself. He walked over to her.

"Are you alone? Would you like to work with us?"

She answered him. "No thank you, I have a group." He turned around to walk back to Yami.

In a seat nearby them Yukito said loudly enough for Yugi to hear, "Annoying bratty goodie-two-shoes."

Yugi's eyes started to water when he heard that. He blinked away the would-be tears. 'I will not be weak. I will be just fine.' He walked back to Yami, taking deep breaths to keep from breaking down.

Yami looked up and saw that there was something off with his Aibou.

//Mou hitori no ore. Doushitan desu ka?//

Yugi meekly nodded. Yami could see that his eyes were shining more than they normally would.

//Would you like to get out of here?//

Yugi nodded again. He blinked back tears before they could escape the confines of his eyes.

The other people in the room were too busy talking with everyone else to notice the disappearance of the two similar looking buys.

Once the door shut the Pharaoh turned to the younger boy.

"Yugi, are you ok?"

Yugi shook his head this time and didn't get a chance to blink away the moisture before a few stray tears fell, tracing lines down his cheeks. Yugi quickly closed the space between them and buried his face in Yami's chest as he let the tears fall freely. Yami's eyes widened as he could feel Yugi's sadness through their link. He closed his arms around Yugi to hopefully make him feel better. The shorter boy's legs started to give out on him and they both slid to the carpeted floor, Yugi still in his embrace. He let the youth cry for all he was worth, letting out all of his feelings in a quiet sob. Yami rubbed Yugi's back to try and comfort him. Concern was written all over Yami' face.

After a few minutes Yugi stopped sobbing and just held onto Yami. Tears were still falling from his eyes as he mumbled disconcernable words into Yami's chest.

Yami laid his head on top of his Aibou's. Yugi calmed down after a minute as he listened to Yami's heartbeat. It was soothing to the teen.

"Do you feel better Yugi-chan?"

To answer him he nodded his head, which was still laid on Yami's chest. He sniffed.

Although quietly Yami still heard what Yugi said.

"Arigatou. Mou hitori no boku. Arigatou."

His eyes shifted upward to see his Yami looking at him and smiling gently. Yugi sniffed again and Yami rubbed his back some more.

"Would you like to go home now Aibou?"

Yugi nodded. He pulled away a little and wiped his face. Being in Yami's arms was nice and comforting.

"I'll go get our stuff."

Before he got up he placed a gentle kiss on Yugi's forehead. That made him blush.

He went into the room and came back out with their two bags. Yugi stood up and wiped his face some more to rid it of the dampness that came from crying.

"I'll carry your bag."

"Ok." Came the meek reply.

Before they left the school Yami gave him a quick half-hug and opened the door for him.

As they set out for home Yugi had a little mental monologue.

'Yami is so nice, and always takes good care of me.' A mental sigh. 'I must be such a burden for him, but he doesn't seem to show that I annoy him. I annoy everyone else though…. I will try to be stronger. For Yami. I will not break down again. At least not in front of anyone. I will try not annoy others, I will not show any weakness.'

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Kyoshi: HAHA!!! Another chapter well done I think.

Everyone: ::sniff::

Yugi: I don't like this 'Yukito'. He's really mean.

Kyoshi: Just think, the same thing happened to me. I couldn't hear what 'Yukito' said, but it still hurt like hell. ;_; Why is she always mean to me? What did I do to her?

Saffire: There there Kyoko. ::pats::

Kyoshi: At least she was friends with you, but that was before I came about.

Yami: Man, do you always have to deal with all of this stuff?

Kyoshi: sadly yes. And before I almost forget again, here is the translations-

Mou hitori no ore – it was used before but I didn't say anything. I think at least. It means 'My other one' or something. Maybe other half? Yami says this one, Yugi also says it, but he uses 'boku' instead of 'ore' . hmm… lets see if I can directly translate it. Mou for 'other' I guess. Hitori is 'one person' or something like that. No is a possessive thingie. Ore is 'I' for guys and it's less polite than 'boku'. ^_^ YOU try to make any sense of that.

Mezamete – from the verb mezameru. Umm… don't quote me on this but I think it could be 'wake up' I won't find out until I ask my teacher tomorrow. I could have gotten it wrong. I tried! Don't kill me if I got it wrong!!

Sakubun. Simply 'composition' the one that is mentioned is the one I had to do for winter break. ^^

Arigatou is of course 'Thank you'

In case you didn't know Aibou means 'partner' or something like that.

Kyoshi: I just got a call from Nabiki-chan and she and I talked a bit about the story. She said that my notes are too long. ^^ I'm REALLY sorry if they are, I'll try to shorten them. I just have a habit of writing a lot. Just look at my journal! Whenever I put in an entry it's always very LONG!!

Yami: She also picked up the hint that you dropped in chapter 2.

Kyoshi: I was wondering if anyone would find out about that. She took a guess at what it was about, but I believe she's wrong ^^ only I know what it means. Hehehehe

Seto: So now you're teasing the readers.

Saffire: I believe it's so that if they missed it they can go back and check.

Kyoshi: maybe.

Jou: I think you should end the notes now, you don' wanna annoy them more.

Kyoshi: Gomen ^_^;; I guess I should leave now, my fingers are kinda sore.

Saffire: And remember to R&R, those that do get a present! Now if only I could find the Puppy and Kitty plushies that I made…