Hello again, and welcome to the third chappy of Alone! I'm really glad that all of you reviewed, if you hadn't I would have taken this story down! Anyways, to answer any questions that my beloved reviewers asked me: ~~~~~~~~~ Lilyqueen777- Ya, I guess Yugi probably wouldn't have walked away, but, hey, I need and outline lol. I can't tell you what Malik will do abut the rumors, though, because I don't know. Or maybe I do know, and I just don't want to give it away.*evil grin*

Yami J- No, you just don't know.

J- Oh, shut up. I'm gonna make you do the disclaimer again.

Yami J- *eye twitch* snake-sister12 does not own Yu-Gi-Oh, and if she makes me do the disclaimer one more time, she will never see the light of day again.

J- O_oUUU Anyways, BIIIIIIIIIIG huggle to my first reviewer, Bakuralover8691, and because of her, I made the last part of my chappy funny. You know, the part where my yami makes marshmallows with the flames that I receive for s'mores? *crickets chirp* Good, glad you remember it. Anyways, on with the fic.

A/N: //= Yami to Yugi /= Yugi to Yami

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Malik's POV That night as I tried to sleep, I kept thinking about my so-called friends. I had no idea why they believed what Jason was telling them, but all the same I wanted to talk to them. After one sleepless night, I went to school feeling like hell, ready to confront my friends.

"Hi," I said cautiously. I didn't know what they would do, whether it would be gang up on me or ignore me. Either way, I was in my own little fight or flight mode.

They kept their backs turned away from me, pretending I wasn't there.

"Hi?" I said again, still ready to run.

Joey turned. Hey, at least I was making progress.

"Can't you take a hint, man?" he said as if we were never friends.

I just stood there. After five crucial seconds, Joey turned on his heal and walked away. The rest followed suit. Yugi looked back, and for a second, I swore that I saw something flash behind his eyes, as if something was lurking there. (A/N, don't own Harry Potter.)

But that was it. He also walked away to leave me to my very confused thoughts.

Was that Yami? I didn't know, but maybe Yami at least felt pity for me. I hoped so. Then maybe he could convince Yugi to not ignore me, or at least not to believe those stupid rumors that were flying around.

Yugi's POV

//Aboui, why did you just do that?//

/Do what?/

//Ignore Malik like that.//

/Because he deserves it./

//No he doesn't.//

/What?/

//No one deserves to be treated like that. Do you think it's fair that your acting like you never knew him?//

/To me, yeah./

//Well, what about him?//

/What about him?/

//Do you think it's fair that you're pretending that he just plain fell off the face of this earth even after he stood up for you like that?//

I stopped. Yami had a point. But still, he didn't understand.

/Yes. For some things./

//Like what? A few stupid rumors?//

/Rumors? I don't think so, Yami. More like gory facts, to be honest./

//Facts? Can you prove them?//

/He killed his own father! I think that's proof enough-/

//No, his yami did. You and I both know that Malik has no control over when his yami comes out, unless Rishid is unconscious, and when his yami *does* come out, he has no idea what his yami is doing, much less if it's right or wrong. Just think about it Yugi.//

/Why?/

//Malik needs a true friend now more then ever. How would you feel if someone that used to be your best friend suddenly ignored you for some stupid rumors?//

/Ok, I guess I see your point./

//Good. Please, Yugi, just reach out to him and you'll see what I mean.//

/Ok, I will. Now I have to get to class. See you, Yami./

//Bye, aboui.//

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Hi again, I'm sorry it was so short, but it's hard to find time to update when you have no good ideas and when you have to practice your full set of drums 24/7, because the beats are so fricken hard. anyways, I hoped you liked it, I'm mostly going to be updating on Fridays after school, so the new chapters will be up by Saturday, and if I don't I'm really really sorry. Please R&R this chap and maybe some other fics that I wrote, if you want to. Oh, and also, if you have any ideas, please tell them to me because my mind is like a balloon. It started out all big and blown up with ideas, and then it went whoooooooooooooooooosh and all my ideas went bye- bye. I have a basic plot forming in my mind, but it's not very detailed and can fit some other ideas, and also, I'm really sorry that I made Yami sound like Tea, but oh well, what can ya do? I know! REVIEW!