Title: Legacy

Summary: yami's the popular rebel and yugi's the loner, bully victim. They're worlds apart, but someone has come to bring them together.

Pairings: THE PAIRINGS HAVE CHANGED! Well only one really, its just that I couldn't be bothered bringing anzu back, I hate her and those stupid friendship rants, euww *shudder*  yami/yugi, bakura/ryou, marik/OC, mai/isis, seto/jou.

Warnings: YAOI AND YURI! Slight angst, and messing with the characters. AU, of course, and OC plus OOC, cause I've screwed with some of the personalities of the characters, I don't exactly remember what all the characters look like, but I'm trying, if I get anything wrong, pleeze tell me. There will be yugi cursing and other people cursing as well, some violence, bakura gets bet up too! Remember: guy on guy action, don't like, don't read.

A/N: hidee ho! Yes, I'm back with the second chappie! Sorry it took so long, but this chapter is long, well, longer than the last one, oh, and as a plot goes, I don't really have one, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Funky: yes, because of course, I'M not good enough!

cda: oh hush now, just because I sprayed you with lavender spray. *evil cackle*

Funky: well I didn't ask you to!

cda: yeah well, you smelt, so I dealt with it. ooo, that rhymed! So, here are my thank you's:

Princess Strawberry: thanks a bunch, I'm glad you like my story, and that there's nothing wrong so far, hope you like this chappie!

Oh my gosh, thank you so much I lurved your review! *giggles* sorry, I couldn't help myself, seriously though, your review was… short, but to the point, thank you very much!

cda: so here we go, funky, the disclaimer.

Funky: don't own, don't sue!

cda: great, well, here's the chapter, hope you enjoy!

Chapter One: Gaining Trust

The bell rang as Yugi slumped into his seat at the very back of the class, willing himself to disappear and sending extremely evil mental glares to the jocks and cheerleaders, his regular bullies, as they entered the classroom. Well, not all of them were bullies, some of them were alright; that jock Marik and his sister Isis, the cheerleader, they were nice enough… well, in the fact that they didn't push him around and generally tried to prevent the others from pushing him around, although they never really spoke to him… Yugi didn't blame them, no one talked to him, but he could remember days when they did…

Yugi sighed and smiled sadly, remembering back to his first years of school. It had been him, Jou and Anzu, the three friends who stuck together through it all, especially after Honda had died in that car crash. He'd always been a little shy, but the others had helped him, given him confidence, and soon he was talking to loads of different people, and had quite a few friends, until it all fell apart, when Anzu moved away to attend a dance school, and Jou had basically disappeared into thin air…

Yugi sniffed at the sad memories, especially at what happened after, when that stupid jock Dave and his bitchy girlfriend Claire started picking on him, getting others to do so, and soon he was a loner the regular victim, getting teased and taunted everyday, pushed around and beat up, yet he would never cry, he'd never let his will be broken, nor his spirit, that was the one thing he'd promised Jou…

*FLASHBACK*

The setting sun cast a variety of colours all across the sky, creating a sense of awe from Yugi, who watched it from his usual position underneath the curving branches of the willow tree.

"Hey Yug," came the soft voice from beside him.

Startled, Yugi quickly looked up, then relaxed and smiled.

"Hey Jou," he replied, "What's up?"

"Nothing much," Jou shrugged, then sprawled on the ground beside his friend.

"Wonder what Anzu's doing?" Yugi murmured.

"Yeah," Jou whistled, "I can't believe it's been a month already. So Yug, you looked a bit upset coming out of school today, what happened?"

"Oh, it was nothing, just Dave shouting some things," Yugi shrugged.

"You should ignore Dave, he's nothing but a stupid jock- a fucking air head," Jou growled. (okay, I know I'm bashing the hell out of jocks, which is really unfair, but I had to make somebody the bad guy, and my mind has been warped by too many movies where the jocks pick on everyone else and generally act like assholes, so I've decided to do something along those lines, no offence! ^_^)

"Yeah, suppose so," Yugi trailed off uncertainly.

Anger flared up inside Jou- anger at Dave, anger at himself for not being there to stick up for Yugi and reassure him, anger at Yugi for not having more confidence and sticking up for himself, and he suddenly grabbed Yugi by his shoulders, shaking him slightly.

"Listen here Yug, don't ever put yourself down," he nearly shouted, then calmed his voice down. "I want you to promise me something. I want you to promise that no matter what happens, you'll never let those fucking dopes put you down, that they'll never break you, that you'll never give into them and cry out, that you'll keep at least a bit of confidence in yourself."

"Of course Jou, I promise," Yugi answered solemnly.

Jou smiled and pulled his best friend into a tight embrace, before standing up, saying, "I gotta fly Yug, bye."

"Bye Jou," Yugi smiled at his friend's retreating form.

*END FLASHBACK*

That was the last time Yugi had seen and talked to Jou. The next day, he had disappeared and was never found again, though Yugi had always kept hold of the hope that he was still alive. Of course Yugi had never broken his promise to Jou, even at the worst of times, he simply thanked God he didn't bruise easily to give Dave and the rest any satisfaction. Yugi growled as he watched Dave enter the classroom, his arm around Claire who talked to him in her coy, slutty way.

"Bastard," he spat quietly to himself. (yeah, I've made a very conscious decision that Yugi isn't completely innocent- being Jou's friend and years of being beaten and bullied had turned him into a bit of a potty mouth with a cold shell that hides his emotional true self under it all.)

He slid further into his seat as the teacher breezily sailed in through the door, announcing with a broad smile, "Class, we have a new student- Lyra."

The whole class looked expectantly at the door, yet no one appeared. After a few minutes, pounding footsteps could be heard coming down the hall, followed by a cry of, "Huzza! I found it!"

The class started laughing, as Lyra popped her head in the door grinning.

"Sorry I'm late," she apologised, "I assume you've told them I'm coming?" she asked the teacher with a wink.

Taken slightly by surprise, the teacher managed to stutter, "yes, of course…" before sinking down into her chair as Lyra bounced into the room, smiling broadly and crying, "Hey there minna-sama!" with a wave of her hand.

Yugi's head perked up at the sound of the girl's voice, and he gazed at her curiously. The first thing he noticed was that she was short- almost as short as he was, and she had extremely long hair in two pigtails that came down to her ankles. (think Sesami out of Tenchi Muyo) It was black, with blue, red and purple streaks running through it. Long bangs framed a heart-shaped face with a perky nose, and large pink eyes. (again Sesami- but seriously, she is sooo kawii!) She wore a wide sleeved, knee length black leather coat, a purple string top, a large purple velvet skirt with two long slits up either side and black hipsters underneath, with purple runners peaking out, and a long-strapped shoulder bag which swung to and fro and she bounce slightly to some unknown tune in her head. (Incase you're wondering, it's 'Oops, do you love me?' by Daft Punk- that's been in my head all day.)

"My name is Lyra Flynn," Lyra continued talking, "and I just moved here from, let's see, oh, the last place was, um, yeah, Tokyo! Before that I lived in China- Hong Kong to be exact, then there were a few other small cities around, and different countries- Italy, France, Spain, England, Ireland and America!"

"Wow," one girl said, while others nodded, impressed.

"So, what's with all the moving?" a guy called out from the back.

"Oh, my dad works for this company- I don't exactly know what it is, but he's an executive, so he travels all over the world doing business for them."

"Must be exciting," Claire sighed.

"Yeah, it is," Lyra smiled, but Yugi could see there was a distant, pained look in her eyes, which was quickly covered up as she smiled.

'Damn,' Yugi though, 'that girl is good at hiding her emotions- even better than me.'

"So, I'm here now in Domino and I hope I'll be able to stay at least a little bit more than a few weeks, cause this seems like a nice school, and I think I can make a good few friends here. So," she finished with a clap, very much like a teacher, "Now that I'm done, I'll give your lovely class back to this very nice teacher for what should be an interesting lesson no doubt."

Flashing a 'thumbs up' sigh at the slightly dazed teacher, Lyra scanned the sea of eager faces and empty places (hey, that rhymed, damn I am getting good at this!) until she spotted Yugi sitting on his own down the back, and he raised his head to look up at her.

'Hey, it's that kid from earlier, go sit with him!' the voice in her head cried excitedly.

'I don't know,' Lyra thought slowly.

The uncertainty must have show on her face, because the teen looked quickly away, anger flashing across his face.

"Hey jiggles, park that gorgeous butt of your over here!" one of the guys from the back of the class called out, patting his knee.

The teacher sighed and continued writing on the blackboard, the class laughed, eying Lyra to see what she'd do, and Lyra rolled her eyes.

'Fuck it,' she thought, 'I'm making friends with someone interesting.'

So thinking, she skipped down the class and plonked down beside Yugi, oblivious to the shocked looks, glares and sudden whispers that broke out as she sat down.

*YUGI'S POV*

I could feel someone watching me, and as I looked up, I saw it was that girl- Lyra. Was she thinking of sitting beside me? Suddenly a look of uncertainty and very faint disgust broke out on her face, so I quickly turned away, anger rising up in me, making a horrible whining sound in my head, as the blood rushed to my cheeks.

'Of course she wouldn't want to sit beside me, I'm a loner! I'm the one everyone else beats up, the one nobody wants to talk to…

Distantly, through my own self- mental bashings, I could hear one of the guys, Chris probably, shout, "Hey jiggles, park that gorgeous butt of your over here!" and the class laugh.

'Stupid perv,' I thought exasperatedly, 'him and his one-track mind, always after anything with two legs and a pair of tits.' (*giggles* oh, whatever have I done to poor Yugi, I'm soooo evil)

Suddenly, the whole class started whispering, shocked and angry. I didn't bother raising my head, I was still lost in my angry and depressed thoughts to notice anything, until a shadow fell across me and someone plonked down on the seat next to mine. Looking up in surprise, I found myself staring into two bubbly pink eyes and a smiling face.

"Hey there, all right if I sit here, my name's Lyra, though you already know that."

She laughed, a soft, tinkling sound that reminded me a bit of Anzu, but I pushed the warm fuzzy feeling away and stared coldly back.

"Yes I do," I replied shortly.

'This has got to be some sort of joke- she'll pretend to be my friend and then just go behind my back like everyone else,' I though bitterly.

Lyra's smile faltered slightly, though she plastered it back on full force. I've got to give her credit, she's good at that, maybe we've got something in common after all…

*LYRA'S POV*

'Woah, this is one unhappy camper! Seriously, he is just staring at me coldly, it's so sad, he must think I'm messing with his head or something, well it just means I'm messing with his head or something, well it just means I'm going to have to try harder to win him over.'

I smiled brighter than ever, I can tell he's like me, I can tell he's like me, he hides his feelings, although his is with an emotional mask, whereas mine is with a smile, and I think he can see that two, cause his features have seemed to soften slightly. Hey, this is working after all!

"So, now, seeing as you know who I am, what is your name?"

He simply looked back indifferently, not replying. Fine then, I'm just gonna have to try it a different way.

"So, I've got a mute for a friend, eh? Cool, I can live with that, as long as you can live with my incessant waffle and blabber as company."

I laugh again at this, and I notice a faint ghost of a smile flash across his lips before it faded away.

'Gotcha,' I thought, smiling, 'now to continue carefully…'

"Well, you know, if you're not going to give me your name, then I'm just going to have to make one up for you. Let's see, hmmm…" I said slowly, tapping my chin and looking him all over.

Out of nowhere, he just blurted out, "shouldn't you be sitting with the others?"

Ah, so that was it. Well, time to show my loyalties.

"You mean those stupid bastards and bitches that are sending evil death glares in my direction?" I asked, smirking at the kid's shocked face.

Despite the fact that I had my back turned to them, I knew exactly what they were doing, it happened in nearly every other school, so now was my chance to show this kid what I really thought of them.

'Here we go,' I thought, cackling evilly, 'now it's my time to shine.'

*NORMAL POV*

"Excuse me for one moment," Lyra said to Yugi, then turned to face the rest of the class. Giving an exceptionally bright and false smile, she gave a small wave. Quickly, she flicked her gaze up to the top of the classroom to make sure the teacher had her back turned, before slowly turning her waving hand around to make an obscene one-fingered gesture at the shocked and startled class, most of who's jaws dropped, before she stuck out her tongue at the now outraged students before turning back to Yugi, who stared at her in equal shock.

"I don't think I should be sitting with them do you? Anyway, I can tell most of the people in this class are air heads and perverts with one-track minds, and besides, I want to make friends with an interesting and no doubt friendly person like yourself."

At this Yugi smiled slightly in disbelief.

"Really?" he whispered, "You want to be friend's and not out of pity or anything?"

Lyra smiled, a genuine soft smile as she answered, "Of course I want to be friends with you, and no, it's not out of pity, it's because I think we have a lot in common, and you look like a fun person to be with. Now, where was I before this little episode? Oh, yeah, your name, I was giving you one. Hmm, lets see… You know, you're really cute," Lyra giggled, as she tipped the end of Yugi's nose, who blushed.

"Hey, don't be modest, be proud, have some confidence in yourself- you've got gorgeous Lavender eyes, and I love your hair- can I touch it?"

Yugi gave a small nod, smiling bashfully, and Lyra gave a little squeal of delight before reaching forward and running her fingers through his hair, upwards and backwards, with gently, slow strokes, and Yugi sighed in contentment at the soothing motion.

"Oh, your hair is so soft," Lyra whispered.

Suddenly, the peaceful moment was broken by the harsh clanging of the bell as class ended. (very productive, wasn't it? well, it wasn't really a lesson- just religion, that's all, and I HATE that subject)

Yugi, got a panicked look on his face, and hurriedly grabbed his bag and ran out of the classroom and quickly was lost in the mingling crowd.

"Shit," Lyra cursed, as she tried to follow him, but failed, "And I was so close to gaining his trust, argh! I just hope he's in my next class, if I can find it, that is."

With that, Lyra grabbed her bag, opened up her school map and made her way out into the hall, unknowing of the dangerously narrowed violet eyes that followed her. (wow, it seems that people are getting watched all over the place, and they're so unknowing @_@)

***

Yami and Bakura were coming out of their political education class when both their wrists were grabbed from behind and they were dragged off into a quickly emptying hall.

"What the fuck!" Bakura yelled, as he and Yami whipped around to face a smirking Mai.

"Oh, Mai, what do you want?" Yami asked.

"I'm telling you now, if you want that kid, you'd better go for him now," Mai stated.

"We already said that Yami can go whenever he wants to," Bakura growled, rubbing his wrist; Mai had one helluva grip.

"No, he can't," Mai retorted, "The kid's got a friend."

"What! How?" Yami and Bakura stated in exact synchronisation.

Mai smirked; glad they finally were being serious, even if it was a comical sight.

"There's a new girl; Lyra something or other, and she's trying to become friends with him- and succeeding. I have to admire her- she just bounded into the class and was instantly popular. Of course, she became instantly singled out when she sat down beside the kid- even more so when she turned and gave all the jocks and cheerleaders the finger and stuck out her tongue at them. She even got the kid to talk- though he did run out on her when the bell rang. She's close to him Yami, it's just going to take a little bit more before she gains his trust fully, if you want him you have to make your move now."

"Fine fine, " Yami cried, "I'll talk to him at lunch, alright?"

"That's great," Mai smiled in triumph, crossing her arms, "Now, let's get to class."

"Yeah, I gotta run, if I'm late again, I'll get detention, but then again, the teacher's always late himself, cya," Bakura waved and jogged off, leaving Yami and Mai to stroll off to their own class at a leisurely pace.

***

'Eugh, maths, I hate that subject, at least the teacher's always late,' Yugi thought to himself, not looking where he was going as he made his way through the hall on automatic pilot.

Suddenly, he was sent flying back onto the ground, as another student ran into him. Looking up, he groaned and silently cringed as he saw the white-a=haired teen- Bakura, wasn't it?- glaring down at him.

"You again," Bakura snarled.

All thoughts that Yami liked the other teen went flying out of his head as anger boiled inside him and he growled.

"That's the second time today- one time too much. You're going to have to pay the price."

Bakura gave Yugi a sharp kick to the ribs, and Yugi not making any noise only infuriated him more, so he picked him up by the collar of his jacket so that his feet were dangling over the ground, glad all the other students were in their class and out of the hall. Just before Bakura could raise a fist, a voice cried out, "Hey, stop that! Put him down now!"

Bakura turned his head and smirked when he saw a small girl he'd never seen before, running towards him, waving and yelling angrily.

"Yeah right," he spat, then turned back to Yugi, raising his fist.

"Shit, not already," Lyra sighed exasperatedly as she threw her bag on the ground and sped up, quickly covering the distance between her and the two teens.

Before Bakura's fist touched Yugi's face, Lyra grabbed it and used his momentary surprise to flip him backwards, catching Yugi as he flew out of Bakura's grip.

"Are you alright kid?" she asked concerned, as she set Yugi down on the ground.

Yugi nodded and smiled. "Arigatou," she thanked her.

"No prob," she replied, "You wait here while I deal with this bully, kay?"

Yugi nodded again, and Lyra stood up, turning to face a *very* pissed-off Bakura, who was also standing.

"Bitch," he snarled, "What the fuck was that for?"

"You were trying to hurt my friend," Lyra growled, "And by the way, it's Lyra, not bitch. What might your name be?"

"Bakura," he grunted, swinging his fist in her direction.

Lyra dodged it easily, then grabbed his arm as he swung yet again, and puched him full force in the face, causing Bakura to stumble back.

'Shit!' he thought to himself, 'That girl's got one helluva punch!'

Quickly, he charged at Lyra, tackling her into the locker. Lyra let out a small cry and gritted her teeth as she slammed into the hard metal, then quickly shifted her stance and elbowed Bakura on the back, then palmed him in the kidneys and kneed him in the stomach at the same time. As Bakura stumbled back, Lyra stepped forward and hit him with an uppercut to the jaw, then, as his head went flying up, she spun and whacked him with a kick across the face, sending him into a heap on the ground. As Bakura lay there, dazed, and in gradually increasing pain, Lyra bent over him.

"Sorry bout that Bakura, but I couldn't let you hurt my buddy," she shrugged, "it's a pity; I'd like for us to be friends- you kinda remind me of a friend I had back in England. (ooo, wonder who that could be, hmm…) Well, I'll cya around, I hope you're not in that bad shape."

Lyra then walked over to where Yugi was still sitting in a ball on the floor, staring into space.

"Hey kid," she smiled, "Let's get outta here, wanna come?" she asked, holding her hand out. Yugi stared at her hand, then looked up at her.

"Yugi," he stated simply.

"Huh?" Lyra asked.

"My name; it's Yugi," he smiled.

Lyra smiled, a wide, genuine smile, and said, "Yugi. I like that name. Well, Yugi, do you wanna come, we can talk."

"Sure," Yugi smiled, taking her hand.

'Finally, someone I can trust- a friend,' he thought happily, as they walked down the hall, Lyra grabbing her bag on the way. (didn't think I'd forget that now, did you? ^_^)

Bakura sat up, groggily shaking his head and groaning. Something was wrong, very wrong…

"Lyra…" he murmured, and suddenly it clicked.

His eyes widened in shock as he watched the two retreating figures, and he realised what he had just done.

"Argh!" he cried, clutching his head in his hands, "Yami's gonna kill me!"

***

awww, bakura, poor chicken! He's really in for it now, heehee! Alrightee then, that was the chapter, so what did you think? Please review, pleeeeezzzeeee!!!