Rin: -dodges things being thrown from angry readers/reviewers- I'm sorry! -finally hit in the head with a rock- Egaa.. I'm so so so sorry! Okay. I'm updating now. Let's get down to business.

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Rin: And I don't know if any of you were familiar with my stories, "The Five People You Meet In Hell", and "Highschool Days, and their Teenage Ways" but I need to inform you of my loss.. They were both deleted do tosomeone stating a complain against both of the stories. I was hurt. They were my best stories ( Aside from this one ) And they both had the most reviews! That was 170-some reviews down the drain.I worked hard on both of those stories and then..they just get deleted. -tries hard not to cry-

Aury: Uhm.. Heh. Over-emotional hikaris.. Anyways, I shall do the disclaimer. Rin does not, has not, and will not ( Rin: You don't know that! ) own Yu-gi-oh and company.

Rin: On with the st-OH! Wait! For all those who went after Shonzu for flaming me, please stop. I feel horrible about what happened to him. Read "Beneath The Moonlight" for more on what happened to Shonzu. Now..without further ado- I bring to you the much long awaited chapter of...

Faded Memories
Chapter Six
Yugi's Anger and Yami's Shock

-RECAP- Yami's POV"Why...?" I heard him ask and I looked confused to hear it. Why? What was he asking? Did I upset him in any way? I pray that I didn't.

"Why what?" I asked, looking up at him and saw his eyes still staring at the floor and still as emotionless as before.

"Why..Did you come back?" Yugi asked quietly and I dropped my mouth.

"Yugi.. What do you mean?" I asked him and seen him shaking his head.

"Why didn't you stay in America? Why did you come back?" Yugi said softly and my heart broke. Did he not want me to be here. To say the least, I was speechless.

"I.." All words escaped my vocabulary that moment. He sounded so hurt and so sad. What happened that made him like this? Surely it couldn't be because of my moving to America. Surely it couldn't be.. Could it? What was bothering Yugi?

-END OF RECAP-

( Yami's POV )

"Yugi..I..You'd rather I'd stayed in America?" I asked him, incredulously.

"Yes Yami! Yes! I wished that you would've stayed in America!" He screamed at me, and looked like he was on the verge of tears.

A hushed silence passed between us. I stared at the floor dumbly until Yugi decided to break the uncomfortable silence.

( Yugi's POV )

I waited for Yami to say something, but no words came out of his mouth. I could see that he was not going to be the first to speak so I decided to take matters into my own hands and break the silence.

"Yami... I seen you." I said, trying my very best not to cry.

"Seen me?" He asked, as if he had no idea what I was talking about.

"Yami... I know that you have a new lover! I know that you don't love me anymore!" I shouted, no longer able to keep my anger and sorrow inside me. I was a loose bomb and Yami was the elevator about to be exploded.

"I..new lover? Me? Don't love you anymore?" Yami seemed absolutely flabbergasted ( A/n: I love that word. ). Surely he knew what I was talking about and was just playing dumb. This seemed to deepen my rage even more.

"Yes Yami! I seen you at the gay bar. You and some guy were all over each other! I seen you Yami! I seen you!" I sunk to the floor and started crying hysterically. Yami made a move to come near me but I quickly stopped him. I didn't need his comfort.

"Yugi, I..." Yami started walking towards me.

"Don't! You stay away from me!" Yami kept walking towards me and I kept shouting. "Don't come towards me!"

He was right in front of my now, and he bent down to hug me. My anger got the best of me and before I knew it, my hand was stinging and Yami's face had a red imprint of my hand on it.

I watched Yami bring one of his hands up to his face and touch the red mark. He stared at me, obviously as shocked as I am that I had hit him. Suddenly realization sunk in. I hit him. I had hit Yami. Sure, I was angry and I wanted him to know of my anger but not through violence. Any of my friends will gladly tell you that I am no violent person to anyone but myself.

Before I could say a word Yami quickly left the shop, not once looking back. I sat, rooted in my former spot, crying like there was no tomorrow. It hurt me that I had hurt someone that I loved. Yes, I am still in love with Yami. I always have been and I most likely always will be. I heard my grandfather run towards me but I didn't care. All I wanted to do was cry, and cry I did...

( Yami's POV )

My little love had hit me. Whether it be on purpose or by pure accident, I couldn't tell. I still felt the sting of the slap even now, several hours after the incident. I saw Yugi open his mouth to say something but I walked out the door. I didn't want to hear it. I didn't want to go back to the hotel, so I decided to take a walk through Domino City Park. It was still raining, but I didn't care.

I desperately wanted to drop to my knees and cry, but I was stronger than that. I willed myself not to. I seen a bench and decided to sit down. My mind was whirling around inside my head. All I could think about was Yugi. Yugi had said he seen me at a gay bar. Did he possibly mean the bar I was at last night? The guy who I was supposedly 'all over'. Did he possibly mean Adam? All over me. When some guy pushed into Adam! Making him fall on me! That's what Yugi was talking about!

I stood up to go back to the Kame Game Shop but decided to wait for atleast a few hours. Knowing Yugi, he was still upset andI didn't feel like having a matching hand print onthe other side ofmy face.

I sat back down and buried my face in my hands. My head ached something fierce and all the general stores were surely closed. I will just have to wait and overcome this terrible headache.

( With Yugi, His POV )

"There there, Yugi." My grandfather said, comforting me the best way he knew how: soothing words and a warm embrace. I was very grateful he didn't ask what I was crying over. How could I explain it to someone else, let alone my grandfather?

I felt the warm embrace that I was in slip and the soothing words stopped. My crying ceased and I wiped my eyes and stood up. My grandfather looked at me. I could see he was going to ask me about Yami so I quickly told him I was going for a walk. Walks always cleared my thoughts. The best place to take a walk is Domino City Park. It was raining, but I loved the rain so it didn't matter.

I pulled on my coat and stepped outside. It was cold so I buried my hands deep into my pocket before setting out to the park.

( End of Yugi's POV )

The rain beat down on poor Yugi but he kept on walking. Already his thoughts were clearing and his anger at Yami subsided. All he had now was a great deep sorrow.

He finally reached the entrance to the park and began walking on the dirt path. It was dark except for a few lamps burning brightly into the night that lined the pathway.

He was walking at a slow and steady pace and soon came across what appeared to Yugi as a potential 'bad guy' sitting on a bench, talking to himself. Yugi quickly dove into the bushes next to the bench. This startled the man on the bench and he looked directly at the bush that Yugi was hiding in. Now, mind you, that it is dark and neither can see each other very well, or in this stranger's case, at all.

Yugi took a deep breath and listened as this person began talking to himself again.

"Yugi.." Yugi's eyes widened as this man said his name. Was this man talking about him? Perhaps it was some other Yugi.

"Yugi thought that me and Adam were a couple." The deep baritone voice continued speaking and Yugi's eyes widened even larger, if that were possible. This stranger..was no stranger at all. This stranger was Yami! And Yami was talking about him!

"How could he possibly think that me and Adam were a couple? Surely he knows I still love him. No.. I don't love him." Yugi's eyes slowly began to tear up at the sides as Yami said that last part. He didn't notice that Yami had said something after it.

Yugi had heard enough, he slowly started getting up from the bush, paying no attention to the loud noises he was making. His mind was replaying what he heard Yami say moments ago. 'No.. I don't love him. I don't love him.'

Yugi didn't even notice that someone was calling his name. Well..he didn't notice until his arm was grabbed and someone quickly spun him around. He came face to face with Yami.

"Yugi.." Yami began and Yugi shook his head.

"No..It's all right, Yami. I heard you. You and this Adam character are not a couple." The relief was very visible in Yami's eyes but quickly went to horror as Yugi finished talking.

"I also know that you don't love me anymore." Yugi's eyes started to water again and he silently thanked the heavens that it was raining so Yami couldn't see him cry.

"Yugi.. I do love you!" Yami quickly said. Yugi was angry. How -dare- he lie to him! And to his face, no less. And looking him right in the eyes!

"Yami! I heard you! You said that you didn't love me anymore. And that was all I needed to hear." Yugi looked at the ground as silence took over and when he looked up, he was shocked to see Yami smiling.

"Yugi, you didn't hear the last part, did you?" Yugi looked back at the ground and shook his head.

"Yugi. I do not love you." Yugi's eyes widened in horror, "Because I am IN love with you. I always have been and I always will be."

"I.." Yugi began to speak but Yami shook his head, and slowly leaned his head down for a kiss...

End of Chapter Six

Rin: Well..I was really lazy on the details, but I finally got this story updated after, what..7 or 8 months? Again, I am really sorry. I won't let that happen again. So, please review. Sorry about the cliffhanger.

Aury: No flames, please? Don't like, don't read, and don't review. ( Except for those of you who like it..then you must review. )

Rin: Well, I know you all are angry at me so, to make it up to you, I'm going to give you all a little taste of what's next.

Next Chapter: Together Again? Anzu speaks!

"Anzu..he..he kissed me. It was so romantic and what I've longed for for so long, but.." Yugi was cut off by Anzu.

"But what, Yugi? If you love Yami, then tell him. Leaving after you willingly kissed him back is very poor judgement. Yami is probably confused and heartbroken." Anzu stopped to see if Yugi was still listening.

"I know we wasn't the best of friends there for awhile, but I honestly consider you my friend now. Now, if you don't go back to Yami and tell him how you feel, I'm going to send a bunch of bunnies to haunt you in your dreams.

Aury: Hehe. We told you that we were going to make Anzu okay with this relationship. I do NOT want any flames, so...

Rin: Until next time, see ya!