A/N: here's chapter one of my new story Changed. I hope you liked the prologue! I won't hold you up here it is.
I don't own Yugioh or the characters.
Chapter 1: Pain Behind Anger
"Screw him. Why the fuck would he care about me? He doesn't know me or what I go through." Yugi growled angrily as he walked up to the roof. He likes going here to meet his friends Ryou and Malik.
Yugi got up to the roof and found that his friends weren't there yet. He kicked the door. He was pissed off. "He's just another new kid who is going to end up just like everyone else." Yugi growled.
The door opened to reveal Yugi's friends. "Yugi? What's wrong?" Ryou asked
"Just a new student being nosey." Yugi said.
"Ok spill, what happened?" Malik asked crossing his arms.
Yugi sighed and sat down. "My first period teacher asked me to show a new kid named Atem around the school. I was showing him around but he kept asking questions. I finally told him to buzz off and I started walking away. I ran into Tristian." Yugi explained.
"Oh shit." Malik said.
"Yeah. I literally walked into him. He pushed me into lockers and lifted me like he normally does. He said a few nasty words and then dropped me back on my feet. The only problem is that Atem saw everything." Yugi said. His fists were clenched and his teeth gritted. "He fucking saw it all. He acted like he fucking cared."
"Yugi he may actually care. Not everyone is an asshole like Joey and Tristian." Ryou said sitting next to him.
"Yeah well I don't care to find out. He'll probably just end up like Tea." Yugi said looking down.
"That girl is a bitch and a slut. It wasn't your fault." Malik said sitting on the other side of Yugi.
"She can fuck off and go to hell." Yugi growled. "And I'm done taking chances. Fuck people what's the point of making new friends and meeting the new point if they hurt you in the end?"
"Yugi we were once new. You remember that don't you?" Ryou asked.
"Well yes but I also grew up knowing you two. That's different." Yugi said. "I met Tea on her first day here. I showed her around the school. I was nice and kind. I thought 'Oh this is a nice girl.' but I was wrong. Just a couple weeks into the friendship she showed her true colors. So why would this new student be any different?" he asked looking at Ryou.
"Because he isn't Tea. You can't just assume he'll be like her." Ryou answered. "Can you at least try to get along with him?"
"No. I can't. I'm sorry Ryou, but I refuse to be hurt again." Yugi said getting up. "I have to get to class. I'll see you guys at lunch." He went into the school not looking back.
Ryou sighed. "He is so afraid to get hurt again that he won't let anyone new in. This poor new kid has already been classified with rest."
"I know but what can we do? Yugi is still hurt by what Tea did to him." Malik said standing up and helping Ryou up.
"We have to do something." Ryou thought. "I got it! In I think I saw the new kid go into Yugi's science class."
"So?" Malik asked.
"Well don't you two have science together?" Ryou asked
"Yes but what does that have to do with anything?"
"You guys have that partner project. Maybe you can persuade the teacher to pair them up." Ryou said.
"I don't know. Should we really do that? I mean what if Atem is like Tea?" Malik asked.
"We have to try. If he shows any signs of him being anything like her, we'll step in. sound good?" Ryou asked.
"Yeah I suppose." Malik said hesitantly. "Ok let's do it. I'll talk to the teacher about it. We have a free period after lunch I'll go then and talk to the teacher."
"Perfect. Now let's get to class." Ryou said. Malik nodded and they left.
Atem had finally found his class. He walked in and showed the teacher the paper. He nodded and pointed at his seat. Atem sighed as he noticed it was next to Yugi's again. 'Why does every teacher I have with him put me next to him?' he asked himself.
Yugi looked up to see Atem sit down next to him. "Why do you keep sitting next to me? I prefer being sectioned away from the rest of the assholes and bitches." Yugi growled.
"It's not my fault. The teachers keep putting me next to you." Atem defended.
"Whatever. Just don't talk to me or anything." Yugi said as he went back to writing in his notebook.
"What's your deal?" Atem asked as the rest of the students including Ryou walk in.
"I don't have a deal I'm just tired of assholes." Yugi said not looking up.
"You don't even know me. How can you just assume I'm an asshole?" Atem asked clearly offended
"Don't take it personally. I just assume everyone other than my friends are assholes and bitches." Yugi shrugged.
"You must not have many friends then." Atem said opening his book. That angered Yugi more.
"You know what fuck off. No I don't have many friends but that's only because whenever I made new friends they turned at to back stabbers. So just fuck off." Yugi growled as Ryou sat on the other side of Yugi.
He sighed. "Ok Yugi calm down." Ryou said.
"Why? He's the one who won't leave me the hell alone." Yugi said turning to his friend.
"I understand that but you need to learn to ignore him." Ryou said sternly.
"Fine." Yugi said and turned back to his notebook.
Ryou mouthed sorry to Atem who nodded saying it's ok. Class began and Atem paid attention to the teacher not even glancing at Yugi.
After class was lunch. Yugi went with Ryou to meet up with Malik. "Why do all the teachers we have together have to put us next to each other? It's infuriating!" Yugi said.
"I know but there's nothing you can do about it. You just have to ignore him." Ryou said.
"Fine. Whatever. He needs to learn to mind his own business." Yugi said.
"Yes Yugi." Ryou mused.
"I take you have another class with Atem." Malik said as they walked up to him.
"Yes and the teacher put him next to me again." Yugi growled.
"It'll be ok. Oh I'll meet up with you guys a bit late to free period." Malik said
"Why?" Yugi asked curiously.
"I need to talk to a teacher about some work. It's nothing big so I shouldn't be more than 15 minutes late." Malik answered.
"Ok." Yugi said sitting down. They liked to eat under the sakura tree in the school field. It was nice and relaxing to them.
They were half way through lunch when a group walked by. "Oh look its trio of weaklings." One of them said.
"Fuck off." Yugi growled.
"Excuse me?" the boy said picking Yugi up by his shirt.
"I said fuck off." Yugi repeated.
"You little twerp. You need to learn who is above you." The boy said and pushed him against the tree.
"Yugi!" Ryou and Malik stood to pull the boy off their friend but were held back by his friends.
"Get off of me." Yugi growled. "You scum are all the same picking on us because we're smaller!" Yugi punched the boy in the face. The boy dropped him and checked to find his lip bleeding.
"You little bastard! You're going to pay for that." He growled and punched Yugi in the stomach. Yugi doubled over and grabbed his stomach in pain. The boy pushed him down and started to kick him everywhere. He felt his head get kicked a couple times.
"Stop! Leave him alone!" Ryou yelled fighting to get free.
"You little punk. You'll learn sooner or later." The boy growled. He kicked a few more times before he stopped. He spit on Yugi. He snapped his figures and his friends dropped Ryou and Malik. He then left with his friends. They were laughing as they walked.
"Yugi are you ok?" Malik asked.
Yugi nodded though he was curled up in a ball to try to stop the pain. He hated the kids here. 'Why do they have to pick on us?' He asked himself.
"What the hell Yugi? Why would you do that!?" Malik yelled. "Are you trying to get yourself killed!?"
"I'm tired of this. I'm tired of us being bullied because we are smaller than them." He groaned.
"So you get the living daylights beat out of you!? How is that going to solve anything!?" Ryou asked.
"whatever just help me up." Yugi grumbled. Once Ryou and Malik help Yugi stand up they find Atem standing there. "Great what the hell do you want?" Yugi growled.
"You're not the smartest are you?" Atem asked.
"Fuck you." Yugi glared at him.
"Nah I don't feel like it right now." Atem joked.
"Then go fuck the girls who all seem to fucking love you." Yugi said.
"Oh no thank you." Atem said shaking his head. "Are you ok?"
"I'm just fine." Yugi growled. "I've been through worse."
"And that makes it all better?" Atem asked surprised Yugi would think that way.
"I didn't say that. Look it doesn't matter. Just get out of our way." Yugi said taking his weight off his friends. He started to walk on his own. Sure he was shuffling but he didn't want to depend on anyone either.
"You don't look fine." Atem said watching him.
"Why don't you just leave me alone!?" Yugi yelled.
"Normally I don't care what people think of me but you judged me before you even got to know me." Atem said as Yugi picked up his stuff.
"Not my problem." Yugi said going to walk away. Atem grabbed his arm before he could.
"I'm going to make it your problem." Atem said.
"See I was write you're just like everyone else. You think you can just threaten me into doing what you want. Well just like everyone else you can fuck off." Yugi ripped his arm from Atem's grasp and stormed away.
Atem watched him leave with a surprised look on his face. 'So people have been threatening him. But that can't be all of it.' He thought.
"Atem." Atem heard his name called and he turned to see Yugi's friends.
"Ryou and Malik right?" Atem asked.
"Yes look don't hold it against Yugi. He's just been so hurt so many times that he's shut down." Ryou said.
"He used to be the kindest person you could meet in a thousand miles. But now he's just cold. He's afraid to get hurt again. So the way he sees it is if he doesn't have a heart it can't get broken." Malik said.
"But that's no way to live." Atem said shocked.
"We know that but Yugi is so tired of getting hurt that he doesn't let anyone new close to him. There was one person who got close, but she ended up hurting him as well. And she did it on purpose. Ever since then he has been a jerk to just about everyone." Malik explained.
"It doesn't help that everyone in the school sees us three as weaklings who can't do anything for themselves. It doesn't really bother us but Yugi hates being seen as weak. His entire life he's been seen as weak." Ryou said looking down.
"I understand now. Who was the girl that hurt him?" Atem asked.
"Tea Gardner. She's the school slut. She sleeps with everyone. She hasn't gotten us three yet and when she couldn't get Yugi for various reasons she got mad and sought out to hurt him." Malik answered.
"What did she do?" Atem asked
"It's not our place to tell you. Look we gotta go. Just please understand." Ryou said before he and Malik picked up their stuff and left Atem standing there thinking about everything.
'So this Tea girl hurt him so bad he shut down. Well I'm going to change his mind. He needs to see not everyone is like her.' Atem said before he left to his free period.
A/N: I know it's a little short but they will get longer. I promise. Hope you enjoyed! R&R!