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"Never Again"
Yugi sat at his desk in his room. He was staring at his dueling deck. This was the first time in over a year that he looked at his once precious cards. The deck that his grand-pa had given to him was more precious to him than anything else in the world, but now his grand-pa was dead. One night, he had a heart attack. He was already dead when the paramedics came. These cards brought back many memories. These were the cards that he used to beat the undefeated champion, Seto Kaiba. But now even Kaiba was just a memory.
Yugi took out the dark magician. His magician had never failed him before. It was always his favorite card. They had had a bond. But, Yugi had not seen his precious card in over a year. He gently stroked the flat, smooth surface of the card. He didn't understand what motivated him to look at the cards now. They brought back memories of his friends, Tea, Joey, Tristan. So much had changed from the previous year. There was a war now, Joey and Tristan were drafted. No one played duel monsters anymore, now there was real fighting to be done. Tea had gone away to the United States on a foreign-exchange program. The two friends wrote letters constantly, but it wasn't the same. Tea was slowly fading away just like the rest of his friends. Lately, he hadn't heard from Tea at all. It was like, they didn't even know each other anymore.
Now whenever Yugi went to school, there was no one to talk to. Not even Bakura, since he had moved back to England. Yugi usually didn't even bother going to school anymore. On the way there he could see the tall structure of the Kaiba Corp Headquarters. He remembered when Seto Kaiba and his brother Mokuba would come out to greet him. Mokuba would always look happy to see him, Seto was never quite as eager. But, Yugi and Kaiba had become a bit closer over the few months following the Battle City Tournament. But now Kaiba Corp was under the control of the Big Five once again. Seto and Mokuba had been murdered. Yugi didn't want to believe it at first. But, he hadn't heard from them in over a year. He began to accept the fact.
His millennium puzzle had helped him through many tough times before. But now, it too was gone. Marik had failed in taking over the world, but he made sure that no one would have the pharaoh's power. He broke the millennium puzzle. The pieces scattered everywhere. Try as might, Yugi could not find the last piece. Yami was gone forever. He just had to face this fact, like all of the others.
Today was one particular day that he did not go to school on. It was raining outside and he had no motivation to go out there. He had spent the whole day sitting on his bed thinking about the past. His happy past, which was just a memory now. It was like it had all been a dream. Maybe none of it had ever happened. The Dark Magician glanced up at him from the card. Yugi couldn't take it anymore. He threw the deck back into his desk drawer and slammed it shut. He needed some sleep. Yugi had just gotten into bed when he heard a knock on his window.
Strange he thought what could that be? Yugi stood up and walked over to the window. He gasped when he recognized the figure standing outside his window.
"Kaiba?" he managed to blurt out when he opened the window.