A/N-Sorry I haven't updated in a LONG time!!!!! Oh, here's review responses-

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Disclaimer-I don't own anything, but the song, "Easier to Run" is my Linkin Park, on the CD Meteora (which wasn't as good as I was hoping it would be.. U_U) oh, and I don't own anything else mentioned in the story either...

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Chapter 3

~It's easier to run Replacing this pain with something numb It's so much easier to go Then face this pain here all alone~

Yugi sat on a bench a few yards away from the gameshop, what he had just done finally sunk in. Everyone would be so mad at him! Yugi gasped and breathed heavily, trying to think of a solution. Run away... yes, that's what he'd do. He'd hide in the park for the night, and then get a haircut and new clothes the next day so he'd be unrecognizable. He tried to picture himself without most of his hair, and he couldn't. Yugi loved his hair, it was part of who he was. He knew that he would be miserable, but better to become a new person then be locked in a room for forever.........

~something has been taken from deep inside of me a secret I've kept locked away no one can ever see~

Tea bolted up from her bed, panting. Something had happened to Yami, she knew it! Ever since he'd kissed her that one blissful night, she somehow always knew if Yami was in trouble. She felt like part of her heart had been ripped out away, and she clutched her side, it hurt! She remembered the night Yami kissed her... that night in the movie theater.

They had been watching a midnight show of the second Harry Potter movie and Joey and Tristin had fallen asleep. So had most of the people in the theater had too, even though Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets isn't boring, a midnight viewing can make almost everything seem boring. Tea had been nodding off herself when Yami had leaned over to her. He took her hand and pulled her out of the movie. They sat behind a fern that was right outside the movie theater doors and Yami turned and looked at her with that famous smile. Tea had tentatively smiled back, and Yami kissed her. Several times.

Tea smiled at that memory, and remembered how Yami made her promise not to tell Joey or Tristan because they'd make fun of him.

~wounds so deep they never show They never go away Like moving pictures in my head For years and years they've played~

The next day Yugi had about one-fourth of the hair originally on his head. Having his hair cut reminded him of painful memories from long ago....

Joey pushing Yugi's hair down when they crouched behind a box so Tea wouldn't notice them.... One of the Big 5 making comments on his hair... the list went on and on. Those were the fun times, those memories always came back when he sat in his soul room, or, in this case, the Barber's.

Yugi went to a department store and bought some clothes that might conceal him from anyone who might have recognized him. Black shirt, blue jeans, and a sweatshirt with a hood. Perfect. After paying, Yugi changed and quickly put the hood over his plain black hair. Then Yugi purchased sunglasses to hide his violet eyes. The transformation, Yugi realized painfully, was complete. He decided to see a movie so he could relax before he ran away to a different town.

~If I could take a chance I would Take back the pain I would Retrace every wrong move that I made I would If I could Stand up and take the blame I would If I could take all the shame to the grave I would~

Yami sat in the darkness, fuming. How dare that Yugi do that?!? Break the puzzle? What an idiot! As the minutes passed, however, Yami calmed down. He had been mean to Yugi.. the argument replayed in his head.

"You're kidding. You don't remember my name?" Said Yugi angrily.

"I said it! Yuganiu, right?"

"No!"

Ooh, that hadn't been very nice... Yami sighed. But Yugi had been mean too.. but, Yami admitted to himself, he should have at least have been able to remember Yugi's name...

~Sometimes I remember the darkness of my past bringing back these memories I wish I didn't have Sometimes I think of letting go And never looking back And never moving forward so There would never be a past~

Joey's bed was shaking back and fourth. Joey was thrashing around in his sleep, remembering the days before he had made good friends. All the fighting and blood... He just wished he could forget it all.. the phone rang, and Joey sat up. He looked at the clock. 2:00 AM? Who could be calling at this hour?

"Hello?" he asked groggily.

"Hi Joey, it's Tea."

"What's wrong?"

"Something bad's happening to Yami!"

"How do you know?" Joey asked.

"I just... I just do." Said Tea. Joey could tell she was blushing. "Just get over here, ok?!?"

"Alright, alright.. Just let me get some pants on..." Joey said.

A few minutes later, Joey Tristan and Tea were in front of the gameshop. Joey pulled out the house key that was under the 'welcome!' mat and quickly opened the door. They ran up to Yami's room and threw open the door.

They saw the broken puzzle and were speechless.

~Just washing it aside All of the helplessness inside Pretending I don't feel misplaced Is so much simpler than chance~

Yugi watched the movie in silence, tears pouring down his cheeks. He didn't belong here... and he had tripped over lots of things just getting used to walking again! He belonged with his friends, laughing and joking over a slice of pizza, not running away, being terrified that Yami would somehow manage to get him. Yugi sighed and placed his uneaten popcorn on the ground. He stood up and, tears still running down his face, walked right out of town.

~It's easier to run Replacing this pain with something numb It's so much easier to go Then face this pain here all alone~