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Chapter 4: Leaving

Yugi was finally ungrounded after a week. He believed Solomon just took pity because he got the crap beat out of him. Solomon and Atem had asked about the bandages on his arm. At first Yugi would just tell them it was just some cuts that he didn't want to get infected but when Solomon insisted on taking a look at it he shut them out again.

"Yugi why won't you let me look at it?" Solomon asked again. Yugi was sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast before school. He wasn't a big eater but Solomon wouldn't leave him alone about getting too thin so he just gave in and forced the food down.

"Because its no big deal grandpa. Just leave it alone." Yugi said as he finished his plate.

"They cut you. How is that not a big deal?"

"Its not because I can take care of it myself."

Solomon sighed. "When did you start shutting me out?"

"When the asshole showed up." Yugi said before leaving.

"Yugi Moto!" Solomon yelled from the kitchen. Yugi just ignored him put his headphones in and grabbed his bag. He put on Red and decided to head to school early.

Atem sighed as he grabbed his book bag. "I need to find a way for me to get the truth of what happened. There has to be a way." He went down stairs and into the kitchen. He sat down and started eating. "Yugi left already?"

"Yes. I'm going to make an appointment to check his arm." Solomon said giving him his plate.

"Ok." Atem started eating his food.

"When is your friend landing?"

"The plane lands an hour after school."

"I assume you are going to the airport to meet him?"

"Yes if that's ok."

"Its fine. I'll like your help tonight with inventory."

"Sure thing." Atem finished his food. He put his plate in the sink. "See ya later." He smiled.

"Bye." Solomon smiled back.

Atem slipped on his shoes and left. He was glad at least one of them was arriving. "I better warn him about Yugi. He gets quite harsh on others. Heh he may actually get along with Yugi." He paused imagining it. "Maybe that wouldn't be such a good thing."

Atem then noticed everyone was staring at him as he walked through the gate. His brows furrowed as he watched kids start to whisper and talk about him. He walked into the building and went to his locker to grab his stuff as more kids talked about him.

"Ok what the hell is going on?" he muttered to himself. Just then two girls walked by.

"I heard he got into so much trouble in Egypt he was forced to move here." One said.

"Really? I heard he ran away from his father for being abused." The other replied.

Atem growled and slammed his locker closed. "That bitch." He muttered. He walked to his class where everyone but Yugi turned to stare at him. He walked to his desk and dropped his stuff on his desk. He then turned to the class. "Any of you have a problem?" he growled. They quickly looked away.

Yugi's eyebrows raised. "Having some problems Atem?"

"That bitch is going to pay for this." He growled sitting down.

"Aw did Tea not enjoy your fun?" Yugi sneered.

"For the last time. Nothing happened."

"Sure whatever you say." he looked down and continued writing in his notebook.

"What do you write in there so much?"

"None of your business."

"Hm fine." Atem pulled out a book and started reading.

Yugi rolled his eyes and finished writing. He put his notebook to the side and pulled out his homework. It didn't take him long to do it before class started. He often did his homework the night before but last night his arm was killing him so he just took pain killers and went to bed.

The time until lunch passed pretty quickly. Ryou and Malik went on a trip together so Yugi was alone for a couple days. He went to the bathroom to check on his arm and walked into Tristan. 'Great.' He thought.

"Oh look who it is. Enjoying your new punishment? I'm sure everyone loves your arm." He smirked.

"Get out." Yugi glared.

"Wow harsh. Maybe you should just leave."

"Whatever. Just leave me alone."

"Sure thing whore." He laughed before leaving Yugi alone.

Yugi sighed. "At least he didn't hit me or try to rip off my bandages." Yugi said moving to a sink. He pulled his sleeve up and unwrapped his arm revealing the words. "They're infected. Great." He muttered.

Yugi cleaned them and put a new wrap on his arm before pulling his sleeve back down. He turned to leave and saw someone quickly run out. "Shit. I'm fucked." He left to go to his usual place he spent lunch at.

Once there he sat down and started writing in his notebook. He turned on his Ipod and put in his headphones. He put on Breaking Me Down by Red and relaxed a bit not noticing a few kids coming over to him. His notebook was suddenly ripped from his grasp. He looked up to see some kids.

"Give that back to me!" he yelled getting up.

"Ha! Nah I think we'll keep this for a little while." A boy smirked.

Yugi growled. "Give me the notebook you scum bag!"

"At least I'm not a whore. What's wrong your arm slut? One of your corner clients wasn't satisfied?" he sneered.

Yugi growled and slammed the kid into the tree. "Who told you about my arm?" he growled.

"Aren't people like you supposed to show respect to your dominants?" the kid asked. He snapped his fingers and Yugi was suddenly ripped from him. "Tristan isn't the only one with some friends you should be watching out for."

Yugi tried to fight them off but one of the kids had a bright idea. He grabbed Yugi's injured arm and squeezed it. Yugi screamed out in pain and nearly dropping to his knees. The kid smirked and squeezed more until Yugi was on the ground begging for him to stop.

"You aren't as tough as you let everyone believe. You're a weak little slut who can't keep his legs closed. So what's in the notebook?" he asked standing over Yugi.

Yugi just cradled his arm close to him. "Just give me my notebook and leave me alone." Yugi muttered.

"Hm what would you do if we took your precious notebook? I'm sure it would be fun to read to the school." He smirked.

Yugi had to admit that now he was scared. If they took his notebook and read it out to everyone he would be the laughing stock of the school. No one would leave him alone then. He wouldn't be able to have even a moment's peace.

"Don't." Yugi said staring at the ground.

"Beg."

Yugi looked up at him in disbelief and surprise. "What?"

"Beg for it." He smirked.

"No! Its my notebook!" Yugi yelled trying to get up. The kid just pushed him down and stepped on his chest. Yugi gasped for air and tried to pull his leg off.

"I said beg bitch." He sneered down at Yugi.

"Please." Yugi managed. The weight lightened a bit letting him breath in.

"What was that?"

"Please. Please give me my notebook." Yugi said. The kid lifted his leg off of Yugi. He felt relieved.

"Get on your knees and beg."

"What? Why?"

"Because I said so. If you want your little notebook back get on your knees and beg." He smirked as Yugi began to get to his knees. He sat on his knees but said nothing. The kid growled. "Beg. Or do I need to step on you again?"

Yugi swallowed and opened his mouth to begin begging when they heard someone yell. They all looked to see where it was coming from. Yugi saw Atem and another boy who seemed to be their age running towards them.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Atem asked standing in front Yugi protectively. "Give him his notebook and back away."

"Aren't you that new freak?" the kid asked.

"Sure if that's what you want to call me. I'm not about to let you make him beg for something that belongs to him in the first place. So hand over the notebook and walk away." Atem threatened.

The kid started to laugh loudly. "What are you going to do?"

"Not him me." Yugi looked and saw the kid that came running with Atem. He had crazy white hair that went down to his shoulders. He was extremely pale and had angular brown eyes. Now that Yugi thought about it he looked a lot like Ryou.

"And who are you?" the bully asked.

"Name's Bakura. And while I don't care for a shrimp like this runt I am friends with Atem. So if he needs help protecting the runt I will help. And believe me you don't want me helping." He gave them a sadistic smirk. He laughed as they took a step back. Well all of them but the apparent leader.

"You don't seem so tough." The leader smirked.

"Bakura smirked and pulled out a pocket knife. "I would love to cut you open and watch as you slowly bleed to death. Shall we try it?"

"You can't gave that here. This is school grounds." The leader said. "I-I'll tell the principal!"

"Not so tough now are you? Such a weakling. You disgust me." Bakura sneered. "You aren't worth my time. Leave before I skin you alive."

The leader and his friends ran after throwing Yugi's notebook down. The leader turned to them. "You're crazy!" he yelled at Bakura.

"Eh I've been called worse." Bakura shrugged.

"Yugi are you ok?" Atem asked.

"Fine." Yugi said softly as he picked up his notebook. He put it along with his other books into his book bag. Swinging it over his shoulder he started walking to his class. He felt his uninjured arm get grabbed before he was slammed into the tree.

"You ungrateful little brat. Atem and I come running to help you and you think you can just leave without even saying thank you? Bullshit." Bakura growled.

"Bakura! Let him go!" Atem yelled.

"I didn't call for your help. I was handling it just fine." Yugi growled at him.

"Really? It didn't look it from where I was standing. Looked likt you were about to beg for that notebook of yours."

"Let go of me." Yugi growled.

"No. Look runt I didn't come to this country so I could babysit a weakling." Bakura growled.

"Bakura let go of him." Atem said trying to pull Bakura away from Yugi.

"Then don't." Yugi growled. "Just leave me the fuck alone."

"Atem I don't see why you want to protect this shrimp. He's nothing interesting." Bakura said looking at his friend.

"Just let him go." Atem said. Bakura rolled his eyes and dropped Yugi. "Thank you."

"Yeah whatever. I'll be over there. You know away from the poor little misunderstood runt." Bakura said before walking away.

Yugi stood up. "Friend of yours?"

"Yeah. Bakura." Atem said.

"He seems like a big ball of sunshine."

"Gee so do you."

"Whatever. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to class."

"Yugi wait please. Why were you about to beg for your notebook? What's so bad in it that you actually considered begging?"

"It's none of your business. We done here?"

"Are you ok?"

"What do you care?" Yugi went to move past him. He felt his uninjured arm get grabbed again. This time by Atem.

"Yugi enough. I'm losing my patience!" Atem yelled.

"I don't give a shit! Do you hear me!? I. Don't. Care!" Yugi screamed as he failed to hold the tears in. He quickly wiped them away. He pushed Atem away. "I was fine. I could hold everything in and make it everyday without any problems. But you come and now look at me! I can't do it anymore! What did you do to me!?"

"Yugi." Atem said softly.

"You want to see my arm!? Fine! I'll show you!" Yugi pulled his sleeve up and ripping off the wrapping. He held it up so Atem can see. "Happy now!? That's what I was hiding!"

Atem stood there in shock for a moment. "Yugi I never meant for you to show me like that. I just want to help you." Atem said softly.

"You can't." Yugi muttered.

Atem looked at him surprised. "What?"

"You can't help me. So why don't you just stop trying?"

"Because I can't let you keep going like this. Eventually you'll be broken beyond repair."

"Too late."

"No. I don't believe that. If you were so broken you wouldn't be so upset right now."

"Atem just, just let it go."

"I won't. Not until I find out what happened and I help you."

"You're better off just staying away from me." Yugi pulled his arm free and walked away.

"I want to help though." Atem said softly before going to Bakura. He found the teen beating on a kid.

"Listen here you piece of shit. Come near me again and I'll cut you up and feed you to wolves understand?" Bakura growled at the kid who nodded frantically. Bakura threw the kid to the ground. "Good get your worthless ass out of here." The nodded and ran off.

"Bakura you can't be threatening people like that. Someone is going to tell the principal you're threatening to cut them. You'll be expelled before you even start school." Atem said

Bakura shrugged. "You're the one making me do it."

"Whatever let's go." Atem sighed as they walked into the building.

Yugi threw the wrap away. It was torn up anyways. He sighed and gently pulled his sleeve down hissing at the pain. "If I can't get these uninfected then I'll be forced to go to the doctor. Grandpa will see the words. I'm fucked if that happens." He picked up his stuff and ran to class.

Yugi ran in 2 minutes late, stopping the teacher right in the middle of her lecture. "Oh Mr. Moto nice of you to join us. Go to you seat please." Yugi did as he was told. The teacher continued her lecture which Yugi just blocked out by putting in his headphones.

Putting his head down he focused on his music. He closed his eyes and relaxed. Slipping into sleep he didn't notice his notebook being taken.

'Ok I hate to do this but I need to know what was so important in here that he felt he needed to beg for it.' Atem thought. He slipped the notebook into his own book bag and zipped it closed.

Once class was over Atem gently woke Yugi up. Yugi sleepily grabbed his stuff and left not noticing his notebook gone. Atem sighed in relief and headed out to his next class. "I hate doing this. But I need to know in order to help him." He said to himself as he walked.

By the end of the day Yugi was freaking out. He noticed his notebook gone and he couldn't find it anywhere. What if one of those lids got it? Or worse what if Tea or Tristan have it? If they have it he would be screwed. He ran all over the school searching for it.

Finally he was forced to go home. "Hopefully I just misplaced it and a teacher thinks it's a school notebook. If they look in it I'll be forced into therapy for months." He sighed as he walked home. "I'm so fucked."

He walked in and threw his stuff down. He ran to his room and went to his closet. He pulled out a big box. The box was full of notebooks all identical to the one he lost. The only difference was these were all empty. He pulled one out and then put the box back. He closed his door and went to his bed. He pulled a small box from under it. Inside were a bunch of identical pens. He pulled one out then put the box back.

He sat on his bed and started writing in the notebook. He hated starting a new one before the old one was finished. 'This is what my 9th notebook? I normally finish them.' He sighed. 'once I find it I can copy this over. I just hope it wasn't taken by Tea or Tristan.'

"Atem? What are you doing here? I thought you were meeting your friend at the airport after school." Solomon said as said teen walked in.

"His plain came early and he visited me at school during lunch. He thought he'd head over to his apartment and get settled in before school starts tomorrow. Anyways I'm going to head upstairs and do some homework. I'll be down in a bit to help you." Atem said.

"Ah ok. Go on upstairs. I'll see you in a bit. Oh has Yugi come home yet?"

"I think so. Do you need him?"

"No just wondering is all. Leave him be for now. He's going to be angry enough for me making that appointment."

"Alright." Atem nodded and went up to the room he shared with Yugi. He walked in and put his stuff on the bed. Yugi seemed to be ignoring him. He guessed it was because of what happened at school during lunch.

Sighing he sat on his bed and pulled out Yugi's notebook. The plus side is the notebook looked just like Atem's school notebooks so Yugi had no idea it was his notebook. Yugi didn't even suspect him if taking it. He began reading it acting as if he was studying.

Entry 1,

I can't believe she did this. She doesn't care what she did either. It doesn't faze her at all. She sees it more as an inconvenience or a nuisance. As if I asked her to do this to me!

*sigh* He chose her over me. He believed her over me. I don't understand how they could do this to me! What did I do to deserve this!? Did I do something wrong? Did I hurt her in some way? From the first day she got here I helped her and became her friend.

This is my 9th notebook? I hate them so much. All of them. I hate Tea, Tristan, Kyle, all of them. I don't understand why they target me. I don't know what I did. I wish I could go back and never talk to Tea. Never agree to showing her around school. I wish I never fell for a jackass who…lead me on like that.

Anyways I give up on people. I'm tired being hurt. Everyone can just piss off. I don't give a shit anymore.

-Yugi.

Atem mentally sighed this didn't feel like it would end too well. He skipped ahead to the day he came.

Entry 29,

A new kid came to school today. I was forced to show him around school and he watched me have a confrontation today. It was the usual but he seemed to be a bit freaked out by it. As if he had never seen anyone get bullied before.

He was apparently concerned though I highly doubt it. No one gives a shit about me. Why would some kid who doesn't know me care? Why would anyone care? I'm just the school whore. I apparently do nothing but sleep with people.

Fuck them. Fuck all if them. They all can just go to hell. I'll be there waiting for them. I'll make a deal with the devil where I get to torture them instead of him. I'd take a lot of enjoyment out of it. I know that's not how I usually am. Normally I would never wish harm on anyone. But I don't care anymore. They wish harm upon me so I'll wish it back. They can rot in hell.

-Yugi

'Oh shit.' Atem thought. 'Wait if this is the 9th notebook where are the others? I need to find them.' He closed the notebook and put it away along with his other books. He went down stairs to help Solomon. 'The next time he leaves I'll search for them.'

Yugi pulled out his phone once Atem was out of the room. He dialed Ryou's number. "Hey wanna talk for a bit? Asshole is helping grandpa so I'm up in my room."

"Sure what's up?" Ryou asked.

Yugi started telling him about what happened at lunch. He hated having to tell him but he knew Ryou and Malik would find out sooner or later and he figured it would be better if it came from him and not hearing it around school from either rumors or people just telling them out right.

"Yugi you need to keep those notebooks under lock and key. Malik and I know we told you to write about what was bothering you but if anyone gets a hold of them then you could be in a lot of trouble." Ryou said.

"I know that. That's why tomorrow I'm going to spend the day looking for it. I just hope Tea and Tristan didn't get it. Or Kyle. If any of them did I'm in a shit hole."

"Yes and possibly expelled."

"I don't get it though. If they are the ones who did that stuff to me why should I get punished?"

"Because its technically written threats. Just find the notebook and from now on keep a close eye on it and what people say or do around school."

"Ok I will."

"And another thing. Mind telling me what's going on with your arm?"

"I'd rather not get into that."

"Yugi you can talk to me you know that."

"I know but its just that the words on my arm are too terrible for me to even think of myself that way let alone say them out loud."

He heard Ryou sigh. "Alright."

"Sorry."

"No it's fine. I didn't expect you to tell me. You don't tell Malik and I much. Why would you start now?"

"Ryou I-"

"Yugi its fine. Look I gotta go. I'll call you later." Without another word Ryou hung up. Yugi sat there for a moment with the phone still on his ear. He let it drop on the bed and stared at it.

"Why do I feel the need to shut out the only people who actually believed me over her?" he pulled his knees up wanting to just curl in a ball and disappear. He knows Ryou and Malik would stand by him no matter what yet he continued to shut them out. "I can't do this anymore. I can't keep hurting them like this. Maybe Tea's right. Maybe I should just leave."

Yugi sighed and sat up. He grabbed his Ipod and slipped on his shoes. He looked at his cellphone. Picking it up he went downstairs and to the back door. He clicked on memos on his phone, typed something and put it on the kitchen table. He then left without looking back.

A/N: poor Yugi. Hope you enjoyed it. Review please!