Abandoned

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Chapter 4

"Mutou-san?" Sugoru looked up and saw a few repairmen. He smiled.

"Are you here to fix up our phone system?" Sugoru asked the men. They nodded. "Alright then, the wires are in the back, let me show you where…"

Scowling, Yugi kicked the wall. Anzu had stopped following after an hour or so of going through crowds. He shook his head.

"She can't just come back and crawl back into my life. It's not so easy…" Yugi spat and cracked his knuckles. "She's got my whole heart now, like I said… I don't have a heart anymore…"

Yugi was alone. His friends had all left him, no contact at all. If one turned around and came back, expecting him to open his arms and be friends again, they were in for a surprise. He had been abandoned.

"No one ever liked you. Anzu pitied you in the beginning, and without the Pharaoh, Jou and Honda would have kept beating me up instead of becoming my friends…" Yugi laughed as he stepped out of the alley. "Ch. I don't need anyone."

Yugi walked down the streets of Domino, passing Kaiba Corp. He glared at it.

"Kaiba…" Yugi chuckled. "What a weakling, settling all his problems with a card game…"

Yugi clenched his fist and punched the cement fence, feeling no pain.

"True, he knew some martial arts, but I suppose Jonouchi was right about one thing. The best way to learn is on the streets…" Yugi stalked away from Kaiba Corp, and towards a restaurant. He was hungry, and if memory served, his grandfather had given him so food money, as long as he brought back some ice cream. A small smile graced Yugi's face. He wasn't entirely alone…

Anzu sat on a bench, her head in her arms. Why was Yugi so cruel to her? She… She had missed him most of all, but he called her "onna" and stalked off. Why? Weren't they friends?

"Of course we are… But I want to be more than that… And…" Anzu rapidly shook her head, looking up at the bright sky. It didn't match her mood, it never did.

Anzu stood up and thought of an idea. She dialed the number for the Kame game Shop, sure that someone would pick up the phone and talk to her. Maybe Yugi's grandfather would be able to explain what was going on with Yugi. Why he was so angry…

"This number is out of service. Please call your operator for further assistance."

Anzu dropped her cell phone. Did… Did this mean that Yugi was living in Japan alone? Or did Sugoru die…?

"That must be it! And after… After Sugoru died, he must have gotten sad and changed!" Anzu nodded. She completely forgot her phone calls with the others in her worry for Yugi. "… I might not be able to… To love him, the way I'd like to… But I owe it to him to cheer him up, after everything's he's done for…"

Tears began to fall from Anzu's face.

"I shouldn't have left… I could have comforted him then… I left him…" Anzu wiped her tears. "I… I love him, I know that… And expecting to be loved back would be selfish. But… If I'm wrong… I'm still his friend, and I'll help him through whatever is going on…"

Nodding and filled with new determination, Anzu set off to search the city for Yugi, even if it took days to find him again. She wouldn't give up. No matter what.

Yugi patted his belly. Even after all these years, he loved burgers. Any kind, bacon, cheese, bacon and cheese, the list went on and on… Leaving some cash that covered the entire check and a tip, Yugi left the restaurant and looked across the street. Seeing no cars, he crossed and headed towards where he knew an ice cream stand was. He'd get one for him and his grandfather, and head home.

However, when Yugi saw a man that looked in his thirties pull a young woman into an alley, Yugi reached into his pocket and was about to pass by, when he felt something in his pocket. His Fireball, his yo-yo…

It brought back memories… His, and the Pharaoh's… From that incident…

Yugi smiled cynically and walked into the alley, and right up behind the man. He withdrew his hand from his pocket and punched the guy in the back of the head, causing him to fall to the ground. The young woman, who's shirt was torn, looking at him with wide eyes. Yugi's eyes widened with recognition.

"… Y-Yugi…" whispered the young woman, shakily standing up. "I… I was looking for you. I called Jonouchi and he told me where you were and…"

"What do you want with me…?" started Yugi, surveying the young woman. "Rebecca?"

End Chapter

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