A/N: Hey guys!! This is my first fic and I am SO excited!! I can't wait to start, but my computers been giving my all sorts of shit, and wouldn't let me upload so….Here I am now. Let me warn you, I have a Yami or a Muse, whatever you call it. She is a nosy little thing, and loves to get into my stories, so, may you be warned. Muse: I heard that!! Author: I know. ^_^ Muse: *scowl* Author: Anyway, lets get on with the story. I assume that you read the summary in the beginning, so on with the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh so don't sue me. Even if you did, you wouldn't get much…I'm broke.

What Love Can Do To a Man

To put it simply, Yugi was depressed. Ever since Marik had been beaten, and Yami got his own body, Yugi was sort of forgotten. The "friends" who had sworn to be there for him, had turned on him, and left him in the dust, all wanting to be close to Yami.

Yugi had changed much over the many months that had past since Battle City. Not only in mental aspects, but physically as well. He had experienced a large growth spurt over the lapse of time, since he and Yami had shared a body. Before they had been separated, Yugi had only been about 4'6 in height. Now he had grown to about 5'5. Still rather short for a junior in high school, but taller all the same.

His black, gold, and red hair, was still as unruly as ever, sticking up in all possible directions, and his large violet eyes still held the same innocence. However, these violet orbs now held a different emotion. Now, loneliness, pain, and consuming agony mixed in with the unhampered innocence. However, if you had known Yugi for a long while, you could tell that the innocence his eyes once held, was slowly ebbing away, and being replaced by anguish.

Yugi was in the kitchen, alone, because his Yami was almost always out with Yugi's former friends, and normally never came back until late. Yugi was making himself a snack before he went to bed, when he became lost in his own depressed, and twisted thoughts. "Why am I still here?" He silently wondered. "Why haven't I killed myself yet? All of the pain would be gone, and I wouldn't have to put up with my Yami and his selfish antics anymore. I could finally be free of this lonely feeling. I might finally be hole."

The only reason Yugi hadn't taken his own life yet, was because he wasn't sure if his yami and friends had really forgotten about him entirely, and also because, he was afraid. What if there wasn't any solitude for him in death? What if some one walked in on him while he was still alive, and saved him? Then he would probably be institutionalized, and drugged so he couldn't even think straight anymore. That was his main fear. Being locked away and thought of as a complete nut case.

Yugi wasn't even surprised that Yami hadn't noticed anything different. Yami wasn't the perceptive type, that would pick up on these things. Yugi had slowly grown worse and worse as the months progressed. His once happy demeanor had evaporated, when his friends deserted him, and he had slipped in depression when even his grandpa had begun to gravitate towards Yami. Not that Yugi could really blame them. Yami was smarter, taller, better looking, and way more confident than Yugi was, but they had just gone and ignored him completely.

Yugi could feel the tears welling up in his eyes, but kept them forcefully in check. He did not need to cry, not when he had planning to do. Exiting the kitchen, Yugi contemplated his plan, and thought musingly of what the others would think. Would they care? Would they part themselves from the happiness of their lives to go to an old friend? These thoughts were beginning to mess with Yugi's head, so he pushed them to the back of his mind, and headed up to his room.

Now was the time to set his plan into motion. Now was the time to take his life, and finally be happy. Yugi was finally going to commit suicide, and he felt oddly calm for a suicidal person. He had expected to feel crazed, or unbalanced, but he felt very calm and certain about what he was going to do. He would go to the park and find the secluded area that he always visited, then he would slit both his wrists and wait for death to take him. Yugi's grandpa was currently in Egypt, for some archeologist reunion, and Yami wouldn't be back until at least midnight. It was a Friday, and Yugi was alone.

The streets were almost completely deserted, and the moon glowed in a dull way that glinted off of the tall building windows, and shone on the streets below. Yugi was about half way to the park, when he passed a dimly lit alley way. Normally this would have been nothing out of the ordinary. Alleys were a common sight in Domino City, and were often overlooked, which more often then not gave them a dangerous advantage. They became invisible to the city goers eye, making them a safe haven for thugs and gangs. However, when Yugi passed this alleyway, he heard a small noise. Intrigued, Yugi walked down the alley, and saw something, that he had not expected to see.

A girl was lying against the brick wall of the alley, and was breathing heavily. She looked as though it was a strain to get breath into her lungs. Quickly bending down to meet her gaze, Yugi saw that her face was covered in small cuts and numerous bruises. Her body was in far worse condition. Her right arm was hanging limply at her side, at a rather odd angle, and her body seemed to be covered in blood. Yugi was astonished by the condition of the girl, but did the only thing that he could think of doing. He gently placed his arms around the girls waist, and very carefully, he lifted her up, and ran the entire distance back to the Turtle Game Shop.

Yugi was very thankful for his newly acquired growth spurt. If his legs weren't as long as they were, he might not have made it on time. Yugi made it back to the Shop in about half the time it had taken him to get to the alley, and it seemed he had gotten there with almost no time to spare. When Yugi entered the shop, the girl's condition had only worsened. Her breathing had grown very ragged, and the bleeding on her body had become more profuse. Yugi's blue school uniform was completely covered in her blood, but he hardly cared. Yugi's main priority was to get the girl some help.

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Whew!! Well, I hope that you guys liked that! Considering that this is my first fic, I put my Muse proof shield up, and kept her out of my chapter. But, you never know when she might show up. Anyway, what will happen to this girl? Will she die? Will she be ok? Will yugi still commit suicide? Please review! I do except flames, so knock yourselves out!!

Blessed Be!!

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