A/N - OMG in the last chapter I totally forgot to write about Yugi's eye! I was supposed to write out his brothers reactions to seeing him, but I forgot! *beats head with pan* Man I'm stupid. Sorry about that guys! (Just pretend Atemu, Mahado, and Dark all had looks of murderous intent on their faces.)


"Are you ladies even sweating yet?" Coach Kujen shouted through a cone to the whole track team.

Yugi and a guy named Souta shared a look as they pushed their legs to move faster. Souta tried to say something, but it only came out in wispy mumbles due to his lack of breath. Yugi focused on the distance ahead of him and tried to remember how to breathe properly as his bruised eye stung from the movement exerted around it.

He tried to ignore how tired his muscles were, how he could barely breathe, and the pain in his eye as he made the final lap around the track. Him and Souta were neck and neck. Both of their jerseys were flapping in the wind as they pushed themselves to beat their times.

"Run! Run! You only have ten seconds to beat your records!" Coach Kujen barked.

"Five! Four…"

Yugi could see the thick vibrant white mark that showed the end of the track. He was desperate to reach it as he used the last of his energy to push ahead.

"Oh hell!" Yugi heard Coach Kujen shout in an almost worried kind of way.

He raised his head to see what was wrong, but didn't get the chance. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Souta's leg have a strange spasm. Yugi's good eye widened in horror when he felt Souta's hands come in contact with his back. They both went down, tumbling across the hard gravel. Yugi made contact first and took most of the blow as he and Souta scraped their knee's, palms, elbows, and chins.

Yugi couldn't comprehend what was going on anymore. His head spun in circles as his stomach lurched unpleasantly. He pushed himself up onto his bloodied knee's and elbows and began to dry heave. The heat, exhaustion, and pain drove his body into the same small spasms as Souta's leg.

"God, someone go get the nurse!" Kujen shouted as he bent down next to Yugi and Souta.

Souta was throwing up in the grass, his arms shaking violently and his eyes twitching.

Yugi felt Coach Kujen rub his back with one hand while the other hand grabbed his wrist.

"Mutou we need to check your blood pressure," he muttered.

Yugi didn't answer. He was finished dry heaving, yet it left him exhausted and panting heavily.

He hoped the nurse came real soon.


Yami raced down to the infirmary as soon as he had overheard two girls talking about Yugi going down at track practice. He wasn't exactly sure what that meant. Did Yugi faint? Fall? Either way, he was worried and wanted to see how he was immediately.

He skidded to a stop once he reached the door that led to the nurse's. He quickly ran a hand through his hair before knocking on the door.

"Yami," a voice from behind him said.

Yami turned in surprise to see Yugi's dive coach, Coach Mazaki. He almost didn't recognize her because she wasn't in her usual swim garb.

"You looking for Yugi?" she asked with a knowing look in her blue eyes.

Yami nodded silently, wondering how she knew.

"Do you know what happened to him?" Yami asked as he began to walk down the hallway beside her.

"From what I heard, him and some other guy had a collision of sorts. That track coach of theirs has them running too much. Yugi and the other boy both had some strange spasms." she shook her head in sympathy.

Spasms? Yami wondered curiously. He hoped they weren't anything too serious.


After wandering a few halls and going down some stairs, Yami and coach Mazaki came to the lounge, which was basically just a room with couches and chairs. On one of the couches laid Yugi. On another couch laid the other boy.

Yugi wore only his track shorts as the nurse looked him over. She placed a wet wash cloth on his forehead and kept tipping water into his mouth. Yami noticed all of the white bandages that covered Yugi's hands and knees. There was also a band aid on his chin.

He pushed his way through a small crowd of people and noticed Ryou standing near the head of the couch. Worry was evident in his facial expression as he wrung his hands together. A few girls were trying to comfort him, but he simply waved them off or ignored them.

Yami came up behind him and uncertainly placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, you okay?" he asked quietly.

Ryou blinked a few times before staring up into Yami's eyes. His eyebrows furrowed as he looked at Yami's hand on his shoulder. It was then that Yami realized, Ryou didn't even really know who he was. Yami, of course, knew about Ryou since Yugi and he had talked about him and Bakura, but all Ryou knew was Yami's face. He didn't even know that Yugi and Yami were actually kind of friends.

"Hey, all of you go back to class!" coach Mazaki yelled. "I'll hand out a detention to anyone that refuses."

The small crowd that had gathered immediately dispersed. Yami made his way to leave, not wanting a detention, yet wanting to be with Yugi.

"Hey Yami, stick around for a bit, we might need your help," Mazaki said.

Yami blinked in surprise and watched as Ryou gave him a strange look before he disappeared with the other students.

"Just let them cool off for a bit and I'm sure they'll be fine," the nurse suddenly declared. "The heat just got to them it seems."

Coach Kujen and Mazaki both nodded and watched as the nurse packed up their things.

"Yugi," Mazaki mumbled to get his attention. "Would you like to go home or try and go back to class?"

Yugi wearily looked up through his fringe, which Yami found adorable, and looked over at Yami. They locked eyes for a few seconds before Yugi turned his attention back to Mazaki.

"I'll just stay here."

Mazaki sighed and nodded reluctantly. "Alright." she looked at Yami. "Would you mind escorting Yugi to his next class?"

Yami smiled. "Sure, no problem."

Mazaki smiled back and stood. Her eyes widened slightly when she felt Yugi grab a hold of her wrist.

"Happy Birthday Mazaki Sensei," he grinned.

Mazaki ruffled his hair. "Only you Yugi. Only you…" she mumbled before walking away.


It was later in the day when Yugi and Yami were walking together that Ryou approached them. He kept shifting his eyes to Yami curiously as he gave Yugi a hug.

"How are you?" he asked quietly.

"Fine, if not a little sore," Yugi shrugged. "Oh Ryou, you know Yami, right? Yami, Ryou. Ryou, Yami." Yugi secretly winked at Yami.

Yami smiled and stretched out his hand which Ryou hesitantly took.

"Hey, Yugi's told me a lot about you," Yami grinned as Yugi shot him a glare.

Ryou seemed a little flustered by this. "Oh, really?" he gave Yugi a confused look. "I wish I could say the same for you."

Yami just continued to grin, not really sure how to respond to that. After all him and Yugi had been off on their own for the past few days. It didn't seem like Yugi was even around Ryou for those days. Yami suddenly wondered if Ryou could possibly be mad at him for taking his best friends attention.

"Hey Ryou, Yami was just about to introduce me to some of his friends. Why don't you come with us?" Yugi said while giving Yami a look.

Yami caught on. "Yeah, come on Ryou, I think they would like you."

Ryou blinked for a few seconds before giving a slight nod. "Oh, um, okay. Sure why not."


Yami found Bakura, Marik, and Seto sitting on some large stones in the court yard. They seemed to just be enjoying the sun.

"Oi!" he shouted to gain their attention.

All of them except for Seto looked up. He was too busy looking at his laptop.

Yugi, slowly limping, made his way down the hill after Yami and Ryou. He looked over the people that the school had dubbed as 'the bad boys.'

"Guys, I want you to meet Yugi Mutou and Ryou Bakura."

Marik immediately lifted his head from the slanted position he had it in.

"Pretty boys?" he mumbled as he looked both Yugi and Ryou over carefully.

Seto suddenly looked up and stared at Yugi with his cold blue eyes.

"Yugi Mutou, star of the track team, one of the best divers on the dive team, lives with his three brothers, one of which has a case of Tourette's, the other two brothers are adopted. Your dad is in jail and your mother is deceased."

"What the fuck!" Yugi exclaimed, totally taken off guard. "How did you know all of that!"

He then turned to look at Yami with wide eyes.

"I didn't tell him anything!" Yami said defensively. "I swear! I didn't even know Atemu had Tourette's!"

Yugi scratched his chin. "You didn't?"

Yami shook his head. "No, I just thought he got hiccups a lot or something. It never bothered me so I never asked."

Yugi turned back to Seto. "I want to know how you know that! My dad's police records are not on the web! Neither is my brothers health records or my other brothers adoption papers!"

Seto never let his gaze waver. "I know many things. For example," he looked at Ryou.

"Ryou Bakura, a player on the golf team who has almost achieved his black belt in karate. Your mother and sister are deceased and your father is an archeologist. You live by yourself in a bad neighborhood."

"Shut up!" Yugi yelled. "That stuff is personal! Who gives you the right to know that information and blurt it out as if it were nothing!"

Yami himself, was rather shocked that Seto had figured all of that out. The first time he had met him, Seto had named off things about him as well. How he knew about everyone's backgrounds was a mystery.

"I know many things about everyone at this school. It's not just you two." Seto replied nonchalantly.

Yugi continued to glare at Seto while Ryou seemed to be frozen. Bakura had been staring at him ever since he showed up and it was kind of freaking him out.

"Awkward." Marik sang before placing his head back down.

Everyone silently agreed.


A/N - Alright so you could say that Yugi really doesn't like Seto all that much now. I mean how creepy would that be if someone just started blurting out your hobbies and personal background? Yugi has every right to be pissed XD