Cards And Secrets - YAOI Chap 2

"Yeah she was gutted, so what she'll get over it," Bakura snapped, angry of how many times he had heard the news today. "Bakura, she needs some comfort," Tristan argued. "Yeah Tristan's right, we have to go and see her and see if she's okay," Ryou replied.

Tristan was another of Yugi's and co's best friend, brown hair. Awesome charm, Joey and Yugi's bestest friend, tough guy with a heart of gold. Bakura, an albino, white hair and brown but very cold eyes. His hair was not a bright white, it was a light grey dirty white, spiky and rough hair. He was mean and cold but caring to the very few people he loved. Ryou, another albino a spitting image of Bakura but only the opposite personality. Ryou was calm, sweet caring and his hair much calmer and he spoke with a posh accent.

Tristan fancied passing girls where as Ryou and Bakura were dating, they were a couple but they were popular for it and most girls found it very hot when they shared a kiss.

"I don't care, that girl was far to desperate!" Bakura snapped furiously.

I watched their conversation ambitiously. I stood next to my locker with my locker door open to shove more of my junk inside. I watched the calm albino and Tristan argue with their darker albino friend. I watched them closely and paid close attention.

"There you are!" Joey cried running over to me.

"What?" I asked bothered slightly by his rude interruptions, it was then I noticed it wasn't rude because I was alone. "Guess what?" Joey asked with a victorious smile. "What?" I tried my hardest to seem interested but I wasn't, but still I decided to humor him.

"I found a new chick for ya," Joey said shoving me playfully in the shoulder. It was then my ears ticked and I made myself interested. "No," I said closing my eyes and lowering my head. "What?" "I said no," I repeated turning myself around, opening my eyes and shoving another book inside the locker.

"I have just recovered from the last girl that ruined me," I muttered. "Come on man, this girl is cute and not to mention she has great legs," He said, like that was supposed to interest me. "Joey, there's more to life than girls," I tried to get off of that subject. "Oh yeah like what?" Joey asked. I thought for it a moment in silence.

"See, so I'll just tell her that you'll meet her maybe-" I was stubborn. "I said no," I replied. He tried to plead with me but I just stood and shook my head. "You're so stubborn man," Joey retorted giving up. He walked off and headed into a classroom.

The thought of breaking another heart just to see if she was the one just for Joey's pleasure was irritating me. I was so frustrated. I slammed my locker door with an angry frustrated slam and gritted my teeth. I closed my eyes to calm myself.

"Yeah I heard that he broke up with her because he was dating someone else," I heard those younger years whisper to each other. My hands balled into fists. Like it had anything to do with them anyway. "Really? Atem and Tea split. I didn't know!" I heard another whisper.

My fists started to shake and my anger boiled into rage.

"Yeah and I heard that now she's done with Atem, she's gonna go for little Yugi," I heard a girl say. That done it. That was the needle in my thigh. Those gossiping words, that statement. Now she was done with me she was gonna go for my little and best friend, the only family I had left she was gonna turn against me.

My rage over boiled, I opened my eyes that were flaring red and I slammed my fist into the locker next to mine. I then realized what I had just done and removed my fist from the crumpled metal.

I noticed I had dented the metal to reveal a fist embossed dent into the metal door.

The bell went.

At least I could go home now and relax, calm myself down and chill out. School was over.

I fled outside and looked around for that wonderful spiky head I took to love so much. That gentle voice so calming, I really needed him now. Where was Yugi? Usually he'd meet me by the steps and we'd walk together. I needed him to calm me. To tell everything was going to be fine. To be my friend.

He wasn't there.

I found this strange, but maybe he went early to get home and help Grandpa with the shop. He did sometimes do that, but I was still annoyed a little more at the fact he wasn't there. At least I would get that friendly comforting smile when I reached home. At least I could talk to him soon. I owed him a nice chat and I owed it to him to let him in after I so harshly pushed him away yesterday.

I started to walk home. Annoyed, frustrated and alone. I crossed the familiar road and walked up the streets.

"Come on pipsqueak, are you gonna fight back at least a little this is too easy!" a boy yelled. I walked straight past, but something caught my eye. I took a couple of steps back. I looked at the scene and my heart stopped beating for that one moment. The huge boy, fat and looked like a swollen pink and ugly potato that was mutated. A Domino High bully. His friend, skinner but just as ugly.

Both kicking the little bundle of blue jacket sprawled across the floor, covering his head and curled up.

Yugi.

They were picking on little Yugi, that would explain why he wasn't there at the steps where he usually was. He didn't leave early, he was being hit. He was being more than hit, he was being beaten by these two lowlifes. I was having a pretty shitty day so far and these two idiots just iced my cake.

I turned and walked straight down the alley. The swollen potato looking thug rose his fist high in the air once again to strike the poor little Yugi on the floor. I approached him from behind and grabbed his fist. He spun round from confusion and it was then that I spat in his face.

"Pick on someone your own size!" I said and I threw everything I had into throwing a mighty right hook to his jaw which connected perfectly and he spewed the blood, that I had filled his mouth with, after my punch landed. I then hit him again in the gut and he hit the floor with an almighty thud.

His friend stood bewildered, wondering what to do now that his mate was now squirming on the floor. He looked at me.

"You want some too?" I yelled angrily. The boy scurried off and left me to it.

"Atem look out!" Yugi cried. He pointed behind me.

I turned and the potato mutant guy seized my ankle and pulled it violently. I went down and the next thing I knew I was tasting the dirt on the floor. "I guess you're the kid's boyfriend huh?" He spat getting up and wiping his blood, free from his busted lip.

"No he's my friend and my brother," I retorted seizing his ankle and tugging it. He again hit the floor and we laid on the dirt, kicking and punching each other. He punched me in the nose and it burst open with blood. I stood up and began kicking his gut violently and gritting my teeth boiling with rage.

The next thing I knew someone seized me from behind. Whoever they were, they held me back from hitting the boy who hurt my friend. Suddenly another person rushed past me and punched the potato in the jaw. He had dirty white grey hair and spiked violently.

Bakura.

I turned and looked at Yugi. I was being held back. "Ryou! Bakura!" Yugi cried happily. I looked behind me.

Ryou, the gentle one was restraining me. I struggled free from his grip and dived forwards again punching the potato freak in the jaw once again. Bakura joined me. Suddenly I heard a yell and I turned and Ryou was on the floor. "Ryou!" Yugi cried.

Bakura turned at the sound of Yugi's shriek and noticed a pinned Ryou in the dirt with the skinny retreater, who had now returned, that was pinning him into the dirt. I left the freak potato and dived on the skinny person who I had told once to disappear and now he decided to come back, I owed him a punch for picking on Yugi.

I dived on him and punched him. Yugi watched me, he looked a mixture of scared and happy, most like confusion. The skinny bully punched me back and the next thing I knew, Bakura was kicking him in the gut. The bigger bully seized Bakura's ankle and Bakura hit the dirt.

Ryou yelled for his twin albino boyfriend and I dived on the bigger one. I punched him in the eye and he lay still. I was scared for the moment, that I had killed him, but I noticed I just knocked him unconscious.

I then turned and joined Bakura in beating the skinnier boy. Bakura connected with a punch to the gut and I finished with a punch to the jaw. The skinny boy lay breathing. Bakura spat on the bullies. I was exhausted. I collapsed on the floor and breathed heavily. "Don't touch him again," I said panting from exhaustion.

Yugi scrambled over to me. "Atem! Are you okay?" he asked. I looked at him with my hand on my gut. My nose was bleeding, my stomach was sore and my legs were tired. I wasn't okay, but I still forced a smile. "Is Bakura and Ryou alright?" I asked. "I'm fine, Bakura's hurt though," Ryou replied. I turned my head and looked at Bakura. He was resting in Ryou's lap.

He too had his hand on his gut.

I crawled over to Bakura. "Thanks," I said. "No problem Pharaoh," He replied and stuck out his hand. I seized it and shook it. "They aren't… are they?" Ryou said looking at the exhausted bullies in the dirt. "They got what they deserved," Bakura replied. I felt a cold splat on my cheek and so I looked up.

It started raining.

Kind of suitable of the weather if you ask me, but at least it washed the blood away. Yugi helped me to my feet. I stumbled over to the potato boy. He was conscious now and he was looking into the sky. I looked down into his face. "Listen you fat asshole, If you EVER touch Yugi again, I'll break your fucking bones, you got that?" I yelled. "That goes for Ryou too," Bakura added. The bully nodded and I walked away.

Yugi grabbed me, put his hands under my arms and helped me out of the alley and down the drizzling streets. Ryou supported Bakura as Yugi did me. They followed us down the street but turned off down a different street, where we walked on. We crossed the road and I noticed Grandpa's lights in the game shop were bright as always.

Me and Yugi were sodden and drenched. We reached the front door where the last of my strength gave in and the last thing I saw, Yugi was yelling and banging on the door and at me telling me to hold on. The last image I saw was the voiced muting and the game shop door opening. The last face, was Yugi's. His eyes, spiky hair fading away.

Then Black.