Lily: Hyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa guys!! *laughs*

Yugi: Why are you laughing?

Yami: It can't be good, Yugi... It just... can't...

Lily: *grins* Indeed, for most of people, IT SURE IS!!

Yugi: *sweatdrops* And what is it?

Lily: Oh, I get to BASH ANZU!! ^_^ This chapter contains the major Anzu bashing!!

Ryou: And who won the contest?

Lily: *sweatdrops* Well, as so little people sent me ideas.... I'M ACTUALLY ACCEPTING ALL OF THEM!!

Yami: What?! How come?!

Lily: Well, ChaosDragon's idea rocked (from chp 7), and I am fully using it in this chapter.... Lia-baka's idea (From chp 7) was quite interesting too... I may use it! ^_^ And Princess Strawberry's ideas too... But sorry radfel, I can't really kill her... *sigh* Yeah, right, sorry! My friends were disappointed too... *sighs* *wishes she could just KILL HER*

Iris: We need to humiliate her, not kill her... that's worse, really. *smirks*

Lily: Oh yeah! I also got a review saying that the American Anzu is the b&%$# one... that the Japanese one is cool... but, hey, guess what? I'm not in the USA, I'm in Brazil, and she sucks! HAH!

Yugi: *sweatdrops*

Seto: STOP RANTING!!

Lily: I'm not ranting! I'm commenting some of my reviews and telling 'bout the contest! SHUT UP! *sticks tongue out at him*

Seto: So childish ¬¬U

Iris: *sweatdrops* Aaaaaaaaanyway... as for the disclaimer, LILY DOES NOT OWN YU-GI-OH!! DON'T YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT?!

Yugi: O_o I think I'm deaf now... *sweatdrops* Anyway, this fic contains shounen ai, and the pairings are Yami/Yugi, Bakura/Ryou and Seto/OC. Also... there's MAJOR Anzu bashing in this chapter, so you've been warned ^_^

Yami: *ahem* Anyway, "__" means talking, '__' means thinking, /__/ is Yugi to me, and //__// means myself to Yugi.

Lily&Iris: ON WITH THE BEST CHAPTER EVER!! ^___^

Yami&Yugi: *shake their heads* Nuts...

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Runaway - Chapter 9: Truth

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(A/N: Yami: The truth is out there.... Lily: SHUT UP!! Won't you stop making a smart comment 'bout every single CHAPTER TITLE? Yami: No. Lily: Ugh ¬¬U)

The alarm clock rang, signalizing it was time to wake up. It was Monday, and after so many things that happened on only one weekend, it seemed like it has been a long time since the last Monday. But it was, and yes, school was waiting for students to come.

The boy lying on the bed totally ignored the alarm clock, almost throwing it at the wall on the other side of the room. He buried his face on his pillow, and tried to resume his sleep.

A figure entered the room, and at the sight of the boy, he sighed. He walked over to the bed, and sat down gently on the bed, then shook the boy's shoulders.

"Yugi, wake up." He told the boy, loud enough to make the boy look up at him.

"No." Was his simple answer, and without opening his eyes, he laid his head once again on the pillow. Yami sighed.

"Yugi, you have to wake up. Or you'll be late for school." He told Yugi, but it was in vain.

//YUGI, GET UP NOW!!// he screamed in the boy's head, and it made Yugi jump instantly, eyes wide, heart beating fast.

/What? Where? How? Why?/ he asked dumbly, and Yami shook his head, feeling bad for the boy. He had scared Yugi badly.

//Uh... you have to get up, aibou. Today's Monday and you have school.// Yami told the boy, holding his shoulders, smiling to try and calm the boy down. Yugi relaxed and pouted. Yami thought it was really cute.

'Uh... where did THAT come from?' he thought to himself.

'Duh.' Answered a voice Yami thought he had lost. He sighed. Looking at Yugi, who was still pouting, he laughed lightly. His aibou's hair in the morning was even messier than normal, and went to all angles, his golden bangs almost covering his eyes.

Yami smiled. He reached out his hand a wiped away the golden piece of the boy's hair from his eyes, resting it on his cheek. He then started caressing it, eyes focused on Yugi's.

"Yami..." his light's voice made him get out of his trance, and he blinked.

//Yugi, you are going to be late...// he told him again.

"AHH! You're right!!" he said, storming out of the bed, getting his clothes and heading towards the bathroom, while Yami watched in awe, never thinking Yugi could be so fast. He smiled and chuckled.

Minutes later, Yugi climbed down the stairs and went to the kitchen, grabbed one toast, stuffed it in his mouth, then drank a glass of milk, everything really fast. Yami sweatdropped.

"Uh... take it easy, aibou." He said, but Yugi was just ready to get out of the house. "Yugi, wait!" Yami called out, and the boy stopped in his tracks, standing in the doorway, looking at Yami confused.

"Yes, Yami?" he asked, blinking. Yami smiled, and walked to him.

"I'm accompanying you to the school." He said, and Yugi blinked more.

"But..." he was about to ask why, but Yami had already made his way out of the house and closed the door behind him.

"Let's go." He said, and Yugi could do nothing but nod.

Yami stood beside Yugi, and at a moment he placed his arm around his shoulders, pulling Yugi slightly closer to him. The shorter boy made no complain, and even leaned on him a little. Like that, the two walked towards Domino High School.

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"So, you guys have a better plan?" Chris asked her companions, being them her boyfriend Seto, a very sleepy Jounouchi, a Honda in the same condition, and full-awake Ryou, Bakura (who was complaining about being up so damn early) and Ellian.

"I think yours is a good plan. Right people?" Ellian said nodding, and Ryou nodded. Seto slightly kicked Jou, who almost lost his balance, but ended up falling on Honda, and both ended up on the ground anyway. Seto chuckled, and Chris rolled her eyes smirking, while Jou and Honda blinked, their minds taking a while to register what just happened.

"Heeeeeeeey, Kaiba!! That wasn't fair!! I was half-asleep in there!" Jou complained, while Honda threw him quite violently out of him, Jou's head almost hitting a nearby tree.

"Yeah, and you were stupid enough to bring me down with you!!" Honda said, standing up.

"Did you guys hear the plan at all!?" Chris asked annoyed, and both friends nodded.

"I still think we should all hit her to death, not before telling her she is just a fucking bitch and she deserves to die. And I could always send her to the Shadow Realm." Bakura said, and Ryou sweatdropped, elbowing him (A/N: Hehehe, radfel, Bakura shares your idea! ^-^U Sorry for not using it, wish I could... But thanks anyway! ^_^). "Ouch, hey love, what was that for?!" he asked Ryou, frowning and massaging his ribs.

"I already told you we can't kill her or send her to the Shadow Realm, 'Kura! We've been through this before...." Ryou, and Bakura crossed his arms, and wasn't him the almighty Tomb Robber, he would have pouted.

"Yeah, right..." Bakura said, before noticing Jou and Honda were laughing at the nickname ('Kura) his lover used. "YOU TWO HAVE A PROBLEM?!" he hissed, and the two instantly stopped.

"Yes, a mental one." Seto and Chris said, gaining death glares from the two boys. Ellian sighed.

'Am I the only sane one in here?' she thought, shaking her head.

"Okay, so we'll do Chris' plan, right?" Ellian asked, and they all nodded. Great.

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At the school entrance, Yugi said his good-byes to Yami, and entered the building happily. Inside his class, he greeted all of his friends, who seemed to be grinning extremely hugely and strangely. Chris was the one who always had a smirk on her face, and Ellian just couldn't stop grinning, along with Jou and Honda. Yugi didn't actually paid much attention to it, but...

He did notice the death glares everyone gave Anzu when she entered the room. He greeted her with his usual cheerful "Hi!", but she simply ignored, and he frowned, not really knowing what happened.

'I'm sure going to take my revenge today.' Anzu thought, smirking evilly to herself. And during gym her idea would be put into practice.

And during gym it happened. But also... things didn't seem like they were going on her favor. Eventually, Ellian and Chris would 'accidentally' throw a basketball ball on her head, and it sure gave her a killing headache. But she wouldn't give up her plan.

Walking over to Yugi, she smirked.

"So, you think everything's back as it has been before, huh Yugi?" she asked, and Yugi turned to her.

"Anzu? What did you say?" he asked, and she continued.

"You think Yami likes you again? But you're WRONG!" she started yelling, and everyone started to look at them. "He doesn't care a THING about you, he just have PITY on you, because you're so STUPID and HELPLESS and USELESS, he knows no one will ever like you!!" she said, and Yugi felt his heart shattering.

"Hey Yugi!" someone yelled, and threw a basketball ball at him. He caught it.

"Don't mind her, looks like she had gotten hit too much on the head today!!" someone yelled, and everyone laughed. Yugi smiled. The voice had been Jou's.

Sighing, Yugi turned his back to Anzu, and started walking away. "You're wrong." He simply said, and threw the ball at her, walking the opposite way. Anzu, too surprised by his ways of acting, got hit directly on the face, and fell back down. Everyone laughed.

"Anzu!!" the teacher said, finally coming into the scene. "That's not the kind of behavior I expected from you! You're out of this class NOW, and you'll later talk to the principal!" she said, and everyone snickered. Yugi's friends were really proud of him.

(A/N: Thanks to Lia-baka and Princess Strawberry, for Anzu being humiliated before she humiliated Yugi was Lia's idea, and the rest thing with the basketball and the gym was Princess' idea! Thanks a lot!!)

"Well, Yugi's done his thing, but my plan will still be put into practice." Chris told the others, who nodded.

At lunch, they spotted Anzu walking out of the building, and Jou went to talk to her. Anzu frowned at the sight of him.

"What do you want? I thought you were going to be with the shrimp." Anzu spat, and Jou made a disgusted face, totally fake, but which worked.

"Why?" he asked, and she looked at him puzzled. "The others and me just pretend we like Yugi, but we don't really like him. We're just joking with him, and he believe us!!" he said, grinning.

"Oh really?" she asked, and Jou nodded.

"By the way, Yami was looking for you." Jou said, and the girl's face brightened.

"Oh really?! Where's him? Is he here?" she asked, and the boy nodded again.

"Yup, he is. Come with me." Jou said, and entered the building, Anzu just beside him. He walked through some ways, and stopped at a corner. "He's right there." He pointed ahead, but Anzu couldn't see where he was pointing at, and nodded. "Oh, and he said it was urgent." Jou continued, and Anzu ran past him.

Just ahead of Jou there were some stairs, and Anzu didn't know it. She tried to stop, but the floor was slippery, and Anzu ended up falling the stairs. Getting hit many times on the steps during the fall, when she got to the bottom she noticed she had tripped her skirt.

"Oh, sh-" she was about to say, but someone bumped into her, and this person was holding hot coffee. It, of course, fell on her. "GAAAH!!!" she screamed, and soon she heard lots and lots of snickers.

Looking up, she noticed she was in the cafeteria. Everyone there started to laugh uncontrollably, and she just widened her eyes. The hot liquid still burning her, she started to yell at the person who bumped into her in the first place. (A/N: *laughs* Thanks, ChaosDragon!! *gives thumbs up* GREAT idea!!)

"LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID TO ME, YOU NUTS! YOU DESTROYED MY REPUTATION!!" she yelled, and the laughter stopped suddenly. Finally looking at the person in the face, Anzu noticed her mistake.

This was the principal.

"Mr. Mazaki, I think we are in trouble." She said, and grabbed Anzu by the arm, leading her to her office.

Jou climbed down the stairs slowly and carefully, not to fall. Walking over to a corner, he saw his friends laughing so hard they were crying, and Yugi was one of them.

"Did you see her face?!" Jou asked, and he himself started to laugh.

"But, that was..." Yugi tried to say, but everyone smirked.

"Well, the coffee part wasn't quite planned, but I knew that they would clean the floor today, so it wasn't at all an accident..." Chris said, and Seto hugged her, smirking.

"Public humiliation was perfect, Chris." He told her, and the others laughed.

"Now I guess she's in trouble!!" Ellian said, and they laughed more.

At the end of the school, they all walked out of the building, smiling hugely, proud that now Anzu was out of their way and everything would be fine. Yugi's day got even better when he saw that Yami was waiting for him just under a tree, near the entrance. He smiled to him, and Yugi smiled widely as well.

"Yami!!" he exclaimed, hurrying towards him. "What are you doing here?" he asked happily. Yami showed fake hurt.

"What, I can't come and wait for you...? Okay then..." he said, and pretended to leave, but Yugi grabbed his wrist.

/S-sorry.../ he said through their mind-link, and Yami smiled. He leaned over and ruffled Yugi's hair.

//Don't be, aibou. I was kiddin'!// he said, and Yugi giggled, nodding.

A fuming Anzu passed by without looking at any of them, and Yami blinked at her clothes.

"What... happened to her?" he asked, and everybody laughed or smirked.

"A little accident." Chris and Ellian answered, and Yami shrugged. He, secretly, smirked to himself.

"I can tell you what happened while I buy everyone an ice cream." Chris said, and snickered at everybody's shocked face. "What? I'm in a good mood." She said, and they all nodded, mostly of them knowing why. (A/N: *grins* Isn't Chris evil?)

Minutes later, they were all at the park, everyone (but Bakura) with an ice cream. Bakura just kept kissing Ryou from time to time, saying it was his only way of getting a better ice cream than everyone else, tasting the sweet taste on Ryou's lips and mouth.

While everyone was talking, Ellian went to talk to Yami, who was just watching them, for the first time not talking to him. She stood beside him who was leaning against a tree's trunk, and they both watched as Yugi chased after Jou, who had stolen his ice cream, claiming his had ended way too soon.

"Have you told him?" she asked, and Yami looked at her confused.

"Told him what?" he asked, and she sighed.

"You know what." She replied, but he was still oblivious.

"I don't know what you're talking 'bout." He said, and looked at Yugi and Jou again, smiling as Yugi pouted at his ice cream, that ended up on the grass.

"You... don't?" she asked, and he nodded, not looking at her. "You love him." She said simply, and Yami's eyes widened, and he looked at her perplexed.

"Yugi...? I... what?" he managed to say through his shock.

"See? I didn't even say who, and you figured out I was talking 'bout Yugi." She said, and Yami blinked more. She was right.

"I... don't think so." He said, not realizing he was indeed lying.

"Oh, c'mon Yami. I saw you cry hard for the first time when Yugi disappeared!" she exclaimed, and he kept silent. "Yugi means more to you than you think." She said, and walked off, leaving Yami with his own thoughts.

He didn't love Yugi... did he?

But whenever he thought about the boy, he smiled. Whenever he touched Yugi's soft skin, he wanted to hold him more. Whenever he saw Yugi smiling at him... he felt warm and happy. Yugi was really more than a friend to him.

And was beyond brotherly-love the feeling Yami had for him.

And he didn't realize until now, that what he really felt for his light was...

Love.

'Thanks Ellian.' He thought, but the girl couldn't hear his words. But she knew that he was thankful to her. She just... knew.

[ To be continued... ]

Lily: ^________^ I liked this chapter!! I REALLY did!!

Iris: ANZU BASHING!!

Everyone: YAY!!

Lily: Hehehe... please review guys, and you'll have the last chapter of Runaway VERY SOON, okay?

Bakura: *still disappointed that he couldn't kill Anzu*

Iris: *same as him*

Lily: *ditto*

Yugi: ^^U We'll see you in the next chapter...