Author's Note: Wow, chapter 8 already! This story is just coasting along isn't? I'm so proud:) Lol. Enjoy and remember to review when you're done;)

Special Thanks to: Chester, puffin, Artemis L. E, Red Dragon of Egypt (I loved your review, lol. Yami was pretty dumb, eh?), Sansi:), Yugi's-Love, Souldreamer, Cody Thomas, and Charlotte:) This is for you all:) And thanks again to everyone else that has reviewed:) I know you guys have been asking for longer chapters, but I just can't. And besides, I've already finished all of this story, adding on would ruin the flow of things:( But, if you bear with me and enjoy the ride, there just might be a treat at the end;)

Key

"Normal speech"

'Yugi's thoughts'

/Yami's thoughts/

Yugi's thoughts

Grandpa's thoughts

"Deadly Deception- Chapter 8"- By Cherise Wheeler

Last time: As I turn and walk from his room, with tears pooling from my amethyst eyes... Just as I exit the room, Grandpa is there and starring with shock at Yami. He had apparently heard everything...

Grandpa's POV

I cannot believe what I just heard! How dare he say that to my grandson? He didn't even want to look at Yugi, and when he did, he had such hatred in his eyes, but there was another thing there too that I noticed, it was hurt and betrayal. I need to speak with Yami right now!

"Ahem, Yami, we need to talk. What you just said to Yugi hurt him more than anything. All he's wanted to do for the past 2 months is see you again, and when he finally does get his wish, you crush his soul with your harsh words. What could he have possibly done to make you speak to him that way?" I say with a level of anger I thought I didn't have, but he doesn't even turn to look at me. He doesn't even say one word, and that makes me very angry! I am furious, I demand answers from him. I know he just woke up, but he hurt Yugi, and that is just unacceptable!

"Yami! Turn around and speak to me this instant! I will not tolerate this behavior from you!" I say with righteous anger.

"How dare you speak to me this way? Hmm? YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH! SO LEAVE ME ALONE!" Yami turned suddenly and screamed those words at me. I couldn't believe the anger I saw in his eyes!

"Yami, you need to see reason. Tell me, why are you so angry with Yugi? What has he done to make you so angry with him? Please, Yami, tell me." I said with a pleading tone.

"You wouldn't understand...just leave it alone. I just can't...I can't...I'm sorry" said Yami with great sadness in his eyes, before breaking down and sobbing. I hope he tells me, he needs to get this off his chest...

"Yami, it's ok, I will listen. It'll be all right." I say to encourage him.

There is a long pause before any of us speaks again, for he has to collect himself and I sit and wait patiently for him. I need to know

"I'm sure you all are wondering why I did this to myself, why I wanted to die. Well, I will tell you. 2 months ago, before I tried kil...hurt myself, Yugi and I had an argument at school. I had confronted him before the argument, noticing something strange about him, almost like he wasn't himself...I asked him about it and he said he was fine, so I shook it off. But at recess that day, he pulled me over saying that he wanted to speak with me. It began as a normal conversation, but I told him to get to the point. He then proceeded to speak to me with these words exactly, for they are still vivid in my mind...

(Flashback: "Yami, I HATE YOU, I always have! You don't deserve to be my Yami! As far as I'm concerned, I wish I never even met you. All this time, I've been holding it in, hoping your task would be complete by now, but no, after Pegasus, you were STILL here! Why? Why couldn't you have just left? I hate you! And now, I'm sick of you always being around, hovering over me! I want you to STAY AWAY! Just stay away from me! Understand? I hope so, because I don't want to see you EVER again!")

I couldn't believe what I had heard and why he was saying those things to me. I also couldn't grasp the thought of him waiting until now to voice his opinion. But, it hurt me deeply nonetheless. I love him with all of my heart and what he said felt like a tear right in my heart...there, that is why I'm so angry with him." Yami said with tears pooling from his beautiful crimson depths.

So that is the truth...but I don't believe this! Yugi would never say such things! He is too pure of heart! Yami must be wrong! This cannot be!

"Yami this cannot be true! Yugi would never say those things to you! He loves you with all of his heart. He told me, you know, about what had happened to him. A few weeks before your incident, Yugi told me that Marik had kidnapped him and conjured a spell to make a clone of him. At first, I did not believe him, but when I looked into his eyes, I saw that he was indeed telling the truth. Yugi then told me that, Marik told this clone to seek you out and break you, to hurt you by turning Yugi against you. Yugi sobbed when he told me this and he told me how he was helpless to stop the events carrying out. He told me he had to watch everything, and he heard those very words you just told me that Yugi himself said. Think about it carefully, are you sure that was Yugi speaking to you at the school those months ago? I overheard Joey speaking to Yugi, he had told Yugi that he could tell the difference; he knew that it wasn't Yugi. You want to know how? Yugi's eyes, Yami, he told me that the clone's eyes were missing that special sparkle that Yugi's eyes have. Now, I'm going to go out there and comfort my Grandson. You think about what I said for a while, and when I come back, I hope you will be ready to speak with Yugi, because he desperately wants to speak with you." I take a deep breath after I finish my words and notice his shocked expression. I hope that got through his thick skull, he needed to know the truth. Hopefully this time he will listen...and besides, he has a lot to think about... As I walk out the door, back to the waiting room, to seek out my grandson.

"Yugi, are you all right?" I said with worry in my voice. I hope Yugi is all right...

Yugi sniffles from Joey's arms and says, "I'm ok Grandpa. Yami just hurt my feelings a little, that's all..."

I then say, "Well Yugi, I just spoke with Yami and hopefully I got through his thick skull. I told him everything and then said that when I come back, he'd better want to speak with you."

"Oh, thank you Grandpa! You're the best! But, do you really think he listened to you?" said Yugi.

I say, "Yes Yugi, I really think he listened this time...Now, we just need to wait and see..."

Hmmm...well, this was a long chapter. Lots of long paragraphs in this one, and they're all for your reading pleasure! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and next chapter will be Yami's POV again! (Finally, eh?) He has lots to think about, doesn't he? Ja ne