Yugi's P.O.V.

I ran through the hallway after school to Miranda's locker after the display I saw today. She's usually the last one out of the building so I shouldn't have a problem talking to her in private. When I arrive, I see Kaiba kissing her on the cheek. I growl. Then he leaves her all alone. She giggles to herself as she gets her stuff out of her locker. Thats when I confront her...

"Mira." I call her name. She turns around to me, her smile turns into a frown, "You're going out with Kaiba?"

"Yugi..."

"I thought you were done with him. I thought you were through with letting him hurt you. Why all of a sudden you let him creep back into your heart?"

"Yugi...I..."

"We heard about you're little deal with Kaiba. He'll be your boyfriend if you keep your mouth shut. He only agreed because he pities you, can't you see that? Kaiba knows how much you still care about him. He just wants to get back into your heart just so he can break it again..."

"I'm not gonna listen to this anymore..." She began to walk away.

Mira's P.O.V.

I started to walk away not wanting to hear what Yugi had to say, when he grabbed me by the my wrist and pinned me against my locker so that I was facing him. I stared into crimson eyes. Dark Yugi had taken over. 'Great...'

"Miranda. Listen to me. He doesn't care. Not anymore. He feels nothing for you. Kaiba has hurt you long enough. I'm not gonna let him hurt you anymore. Forget about this deal, forget about Kaiba. He doesn't care about you..." His mouth came to my ear, "...not like I do..." I started to tear up. I didn't want to believe him. Besides, he was all wrong...

I pushed him off of me, "YUGI! I SUGGESTED THE DEAL!" Dark Yugi went wide-eyed.

"What?"

Tears were flowing out of my eyes. "The deal was my idea! He came up to me at lunch and said he'd leave me alone. Stop having guards beat me up, stop trying to persuade me to do something I'd never do. But I told him, if he would my boyfriend, I'd do what he asked. I made the deal with him, and he agreed. It was all me."

Dark Yugi stared at me, no emotion on his face, "So what you're trying to say, is that he said he could be out of your life for good, but you wanted him to stay?"

"You know what? Yes. Yes I am. I don't need you to care about me! I'm fine without you! Why do you even care so much?!"

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" He shouted. My eyes widened."Because I love you, Miranda! I fell in love with you the moment I met you! I just...didn't know how to tell you..."

"I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOVE ME!" I shouted in his face. He became hurt. Next thing I knew, I saw Yugi standing in his place. His eyes filled with same hurt, pain, and sadness his other self had. He looked so sad. It was hurting me that he was sad. It was starting to get to me.

"Why? Why Mira? Why don't you want someone to love you? To protect you? Take care of you..."

"Yugi. I don't want YOU to love me. I'm sorry Yugi. You're cute and really nice, but Kaiba needs me as much as I need him. Its like choosing between the nice boy I barely know, or the boy I've basically loved all my life. Besides, I don't deserve to know someone like you." I said turning away.

"No, you do deserve it. You just don't want it when its right in front of you." Yugi then ran away in crying.

"Wait! YUGI!" Yugi shouted. My tears were flowing violently now, so I did the same.

The next day after school . . .

Seto walked me to my locker, just like he did the day before. "You're awfully quiet today. Whats wrong?"

"I have a lot on my mind." I told him, sounding like an emo.

"If you say so. You know, you didn't follow through with your end of the deal yet." I knew he was gonna bring it up soon.

"I'll do it after school." I said with no emotion.

"Are you sure you want to do this? I told you, you don't have to anymore. I'm not gonna force you to do something "out of your comfort zone" as you call it."

"If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't have made that deal with you. I'm gonna prove to you that I'm devoted to you. Since you've changed Seto, I'm gonna change with you." Kaiba opened his mouth to argue, but just closed it, knowing he wasn't gonna win.

Narrator's P.O.V.

Yugi walked home alone. He was depressed all day. Jounouchi and the gang noticed how upset Yugi was, not cheery like he usually was. So, he stayed away from them today. He just wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone. He just wanted to go home and lock himself in his room. But as he walked down the street to the game shop, someone punched him in the back of the head, knocking him out cold. Yugi slowly awoke to see 2 guard standing in front of him.

"Who are you? And what do you want?" He asked, but he looked more closely to see a girl standing between them. "Miranda-chan?"

"I need to speak to your other self."

"What? Why?" Mira signaled a guard and he punched Yugi. Yugi struggled to get up. "Miranda-chan, why are you doing this?" Mira grabbed the poor baby panda by the collar and socked him in the stomach then dropped him, feeling no remorse in what she had done. The puzzle glowed and out came Dark Yugi, his eyes filled with rage.

"Miranda, what the hell?!"

"You and I are gonna duel." She stated.

"What?"

"If I win, you'll tell the general public that you lost to Kaiba. If you win...I receive a punishment game."

"WHAT?!"

"I heard about your little "Shadow Games" Dark Yugi. If you win, I'll receive a punishment. Deal?"

"What? No! Mira, punishment games are serious business. Some people have nightmares from them, others haunt people to this day..."

"I'm not leaving here until you agree. Now deal or no deal?"

He sighed, "Maybe a punishment game will help you learn. I accept." The next thing you knew, the we're dueling in the Shadow Realm. And they were completely alone.

(I'm not very good at writing duels so imma skip this part. Sorry!)

After a long battle between the two, the duel ended...In Dark Yugi's favor.

"I lost..." Miranda trailed off.

"Yes. You did."

Mira bent her head down, her bangs covering her face. "Punish me."

"What?"

"I always keep my word. Now punish me. I lost, so I receive a penalty."

Dark Yugi debated whether or not to do it. But in the end, he knew she was right. The eye of Horus appeared on his forehead, "The door of darkness has been opened." Next thing you know, Miranda screamed. She fell out of her chair and backed against a wall. Seeing Mira in this state made Dark Yugi twitch. He knew she had suffered enough, and the punishment game wasn't helping. He couldn't take anymore. Dark Yugi stopped it and ran over to her, locking her in his embrace.

Mira cried in his forearm. "Yugi, I'm so sorry. I was acting like a jerk just like Kaiba. I was so focused on saving Seto that I was hurting you and the others who actually cared about me. I started acting like Seto. I'm so sorry. I..."

"Enough." He whispered to her. "I know that you're sorry. He just wanted your childhood friend back. You two had a bond, but when Seto changed he lost sight of that. He broke your heart. I'm the one who's sorry he put you through all of that." Dark Yugi stroked her hair. "Mira, you don't have to run anymore. You don't have to be afraid. As long as I'm here, I'm gonna protect you." He kissed her on the cheek. "Aishiteru."

Aishiteru- I love you

MPK: Well guys, one or two more chapter to go. I hope you guys have enjoyed this story.

Kaiba: *sings*

Don't you worry,

About a thing,

Cause every little thing,

is gonna be alright...

MPK: Kaiba really?

Kaiba: Screw the rules I don't give a crap!

MPK: -_- *sighs*