Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Changing Makes a Difference ❯ How Come Things Keep Getting Worse? ( Chapter 12 )

Okay before we get on with the fic I'm gonna answer that one question a few people have been asking about. Why's Yami afraid of needles? Well for one we couldn't just have Yami be fearless of just one thing (Keith) could we? Besides, I'm freaked out of needles (but not as much as my dad; he just faints when he's going to get a shot lol). Hope that helped.

And one more thing. In your reviews people keep telling me that I'm misspelling stuff a lot. But I use spell check all the time and it says that there isn't anything wrong. Could some of you help me out on that?

Now on with the most evilest (yes, evilest is a word) chapter of the fic. Don't hate me too much!

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Things finally started to settle down a go right. Yugi was still upset over his grandfather's death and what would happen when summer came, but being around Yami helped. He started to eat again much to Yami's relief and started to smile over again. Yami finally felt he could trust Yugi to be on his own again which meant he was ready for that talk with Joey over their bet.

"Where are you going, Yami?" Yugi asked innocently as he sat up in bed.

"Don't worry, Yugi. I'll be back in a bit, I just need to talk to Joey about something really quick and then I'll be back. Just rest a bit more. I've noticed you've still been tired lately."

Yugi nodded and gave Yami a quick smile before laying his head back down on the pillow and closing his eyes.

Yami smiled at the innocent teen before turning and heading out of the room. `It's time to fix this stupid bet. Joey, I'll make you see how much I've changed, if that's what it takes.'

He looked for Joey for what seemed like hours before he ran into Ryou.

"Hey, Ryou. Have you seen Joey?"

"No, I haven't. Why do you need him?"

"I need to talk to him about the bet. A few things I need to…clear up, you know. Well, I gotta go. I promised Yugi I'd be back quickly and I don't want him to worry." He walked off.

Ryou watched him turn the corner. `I thought he knew about the bet though.'

"What's wrong? You looked confused." Bakura's voice broke through the smaller's thoughts.

"Yeah, Yami just came by wondering if I knew where Joey was. He wanted to talk about the bet."

"What about?" Bakura asked, wondering the same thing Ryou was.

"He said he had to clear something up, but that was all."

"What's to clear up? He stays with Yugi for three weeks with no sexual activity. It can't be that hard, can it?"

Ryou shrugged and leaned into Bakura's arms. "I have a feeling something bad is going to happen soon, Kura. Something that's going to be really bad for Yami and Yugi, but I can't figure out what."

"I'm with you, Ryou."

Little did the two know they made a big mistake.

Tea smirked as she walked down the hall away from the corner where she just heard one of the most interesting conversations she ever heard since she attended the school. `Tomorrow will prove to be a very interesting day. I'll make sure of that. Yugi won't be a problem and I'll teach him a lesson to ever touch MY Yami again and Yami will have no choice but to come back to me.'

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The next morning Yami and Yugi were woken from their light sleep by a knock on the door.

Yami opened it and immediately became confused. It was Kari, one of Tea's close friends. "What do you want?" He asked as nicely as he could, in case it was something worth his time and not another one of Tea's schemes to get him back.

"Chill, Romeo. I've got a note from your counselor. She had something come up and had to go back to her office, but she needed to get this to you so I volunteered. Here you go." She handed the folded piece of paper to Yami and then walked off after giving a quick wink to Yugi, who swallowed nervously.

Yami closed the door and opened the note, reading it to himself.

Mr. Hitokage,

I need to speak to you about your schedule change. It's important and need to see you before you go to breakfast.

Yami looked up at Yugi. "My counselor needs to see me before I go to breakfast. It's something about my schedule change. I'll meet you down there, okay?"

"Okay Yami. I hope it's nothing bad."

Yami nodded and got dressed quickly before waving goodbye to Yugi.

Yugi dressed as well before heading in the opposite direction for the lunchroom.

Two gleaming ice-blue eyes watched as Yugi headed alone to the cafeteria. Once out of hearing range the person lifted a walkie-talkie out of her pocket and pressed in the large button on the side.

"Tea, it's Kari. Yugi's headed for the cafeteria just like you said he would. Get ready, he'll be there in about thirty seconds."

//Thanks, Kari. This will be the best thing that's ever happened to this school once Yugi hears this. He's bound to run out and never come back. Feel free to come and join us.//

"Will do, Tea. I wouldn't miss this for the world."

The put the walkie-talkie back in her pocket and started for the cafeteria herself, smirking evilly about what Tea had told her after classes ended the day before.

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Tea looked around at the doors Yugi was going to be heading through any minute now and smirked. `Now's the time to start.' She turned to Miki, another one of her friends, and started talking in a loud voice causing the whole cafeteria to go quiet and listen to what she was saying. "Miki, did you hear about the bet Joey and Yami have going on?"

"No, Tea, I didn't. What's it about?" Miki answered in just a loud of voice.

"Yami has to go three weeks with no sex with one lover."

"Really? So that's why he's been acting so different lately. Whose the little whore they're using?"

Tea smirked as she realized everybody was hanging on her every word. In a louder and clear voice she answered the question just like her and her two other friends had planned. "Yugi Mouto, the supposedly quiet and innocent of the school."

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Yugi freezes as he hears what Tea's saying and tears sting his eyes as everything starts to sink in and what it means. Once his name is called after a dramatic silence tears start cascading down his face in waterfalls as he shakes his head back and forth refusing to believe what he heard. "No, this can't be happening."

`Oh, but it is.' An evil voice echoed through his mind. `Yami started hanging out with you three weeks ago. He's been treating you so differently and he didn't seem to even know who you were before then.'

"No! It's a cruel joke! It has to be." He then turned and ran down the halls searching frantically for any sign of Yami. "Yami will tell me the truth! Yami will fix everything and make it all better just like he always does!"

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Yami walked away from his counselor's office in confusion. His counselor wasn't there like Kari had said she would be. He was heading for the cafeteria when he crossed paths with Joey. `I might not get another chance.' He thought. He didn't want to put it off any longer.

"Joey, we need to talk about this bet."

"Sure pal, what's up?"

"I want to break it off." He answered in a serious voice.

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Yugi turned the corner and smiled in relief as he saw Yami and Joey ahead. He was about to run to Yami and cry in his arms like he did previous times but froze as he heard Joey's voice.

"You want to what! No way! We had a deal Yami and you have to stick with it! This bet is on, don't make me raise the stakes because you're a chicken!"

"I'm not a chicken Joey! This bet is…" Yami's voice caught in his throat as Yugi's figure stepped into the corner of his eyes. Swallowing nervously he turned to face Yugi and cursed himself to oblivion and back as tears slid silently from his large and broken eyes.

Joey turned to look and see what had tensed Yami up and stiffened as he too saw Yugi standing there with broken trust gleaming in his hurt-filled eyes along with unshed tears threatening to fall any given moment.

When Yami started to walk towards Yugi the younger took steps away from him. "Just stay away from me." Yugi said in the most hurtful voice anybody had ever heard from Yugi before.

Yami stops immediately as the words came out and was actually somewhat scared from the tone of voice Yugi was using. Not having anything better to say he said the three words he knew would sound really stupid this time. "Yugi, what's wrong?"

"So it's true then? The bet; everything was true? You never cared for me; you were just using me as your own little fun tow. How could you do this to me Yami? How could you do such a thing after I told you everything? Or is that just another part of this bet? To get all my secrets out and then tell them to the whole school just like they all knew about this bet just to laugh at my expense? I trusted you Yami… I loved you and… and you said… you said you loved me too! You said you'd never let me get hurt!" Yugi cried out angrily as he backed himself against the wall.

"Yugi, it isn't like that. You don't know the whole story. Please listen to me…" Yami begs, tears threatening to fall from his eyes.

"Why should I, Yami! So you can lie to me even more? So you can make a bigger fool of me? I trust you with everything: my sickness, about my grandfather, my past! What next Yami! A whole article going around about this stupid bet? How can I ever listen to you again?"

"Yugi, listen please?" Joey starts to try and help Yami with the hysterical boy.

"And you've made things even worse, Joey! Why couldn't you leave me alone? This was your idea from the start! I… I hate you Joey!"

Joey immediately froze at the last four words. The blonde fell to his knees as he continued to stare at the sophomore. "Yugi, you can't mean that. Please I…"

"Why can't I mean that? You can't begin to understand how I feel right now! Do you really expect me to forgive you like that? Were you even going to tell me when you were done or just take me to bed like the slut you are!" Yugi yelled out hurtfully.

Yami let the tears fall. `I thought Yugi understood… but I guess I was wrong.'

Yugi had known he was trying to change, but he obviously didn't believe that of him anymore. Then again, why should he?

"Yugi I…"

"Just don't talk Yami. Nothing you say will change my mind. You've shown me what people are really like now. Picking on the little weakling with eating disorders and deceased grandpas who don't have anybody left except for an orphanage to go to once the end of the year comes around. And you're the worst of all people, Yami!"

Yami takes a step forward, hoping for a different reaction than the last time he did. He was wrong.

"Stay away from me, Yami I never want to see you again! I… I hate you too Yami! I hate you… so just leave me alone!" Yugi then turned and ran away from the one who broke his heart.

Yami fell to his knees at Yugi's words; tears falling from his eyes just like Yugi's had when he learned of the bet.

"Yami?" Joey whispered.

He turned his head sorrowfully to look at Joey, the hurt showing in his eyes at what Yugi had said about them. He was right though. He's the worst kind of people there is. He never should've agreed to something like that stupid bet… especially when it had somebody so innocent and trusting.

"Yami, I'm so sorry. I never should've let this happen." Joey continued to whisper; afraid his voice would fail him if he spoke any louder.

"What are you talking about, Joey? It was bound to happen sooner or later. I'm just a baka for not telling him before he found out whatever way he did."

"You don't understand, Yami. Yugi wasn't the one you were supposed to be dating."

Yami turned on him quickly with fire in his already red eyes. "He wasn't?" He growled.

"No, he wasn't." Joey cried. "Troy Laurence was the person you were supposed to be set up with. I set Yugi up with Ryou since he was so lonely all the time and I thought he could use a good friend. But something happened with Ryou that weekend and he couldn't make it so Yugi was out there later than he should have. You arrived before Troy and saw Yugi there so you thought he was the person I set up for you. You two left before Troy arrived. I know because he gave me the most deadliest glare the next time he saw me afterwards, thinking I had joked out on him."

"Why didn't you tell us sooner so it could have been fixed." Yami continued to growl.

"I didn't want to hurt Yugi. I didn't find out about the mix up until Yugi found me in the library looking like he was the happiest person in the world. He gave the biggest hug you could imagine and said he didn't know how he was ever going to be able to thank me. How could I tell him after something that and say it was all a mistake?"

Yami looked down to the floor with his eyes closed in shame. A few minutes later he looked up with determination filling his ruby red eyes. "I lost the one who I loved Joey. I never thought I would be happy again after that summer, but I was wrong and I'm glad I was. We have to find him." He whispered out. He then stood and ran out of the hallway, Joey following him closely.

They went down a few halls and stopped when they heard laughter inside. Curiously they opened the doors where Tea was the center of attention going on about the bet still even though she guessed Yugi had long since ran. Everybody in the lunchroom was laughing.

Yami growled and made to head towards her but Joey stopped him.

"You look for Yugi. I'll take care of this bitch."

Yami nodded and headed out the doors to start looking.

Yami looked everything for what seemed like hours. He had even run into Bakura and Ryou by the bridge and asked if they'd seen Yugi.

"I haven't seen him for a couple days." Bakura answered.

"I saw him." Ryou spoke quietly. He pointed a pale finger towards the stables. "I saw him running over there. He looked pretty upset but by the time I got there to see what was up it was like he completely vanished. I took it as a sign that he wanted to be left alone and I haven't seen him since."

Yami nodded his thanks to the two and ran off towards the stables. He looked inside and around the outside before he noticed the footprints imprinted in the mud hidden by some bushes. Without hesitation he followed the direction it was leading in.

About a hour or so later he stopped for a rest and turned around to see how far he'd come. He gasped as he discovered he was miles up on the mountainside and way past the school's boundaries.

`I like the view from up here.' He added as an afterthought.

He was broken from his thoughts by slight sniffling and muffled cries. He turned and headed towards the sounds before sighing in relief at the sight of Yugi. Tip-toeing towards him quietly so he could get the boy in his arms so he couldn't run; he failed when he stepped on a twig and snapped it.

Yugi looked up in surprise and easily noticed Yami a few feet away from him. "Keep away from me, Yami! I hate you; don't you get that? You've ruined everything!"

He made to get up and start running.

"Yugi stop! Please, at least listen to what I have to say? I'm begging you, Yugi, please?"

Yugi stopped, but he didn't sit down. He gave a small nod for Yami to start talking.

"Yugi, I'm sorry about the bet. I was going to tell you. In fact, I was talking to Joey about it because I want to break it off. I didn't want to hurt you like this and I'm sorry. I love you, Yugi, even if you never want to see me again. I don't know how Tea found out about it though and I promise you that only a few people knew about it.

"Joey made the bet with me because he didn't think I could go three weeks without sleeping with somebody. He told Malik because he was passing by and he knew he could trust him with it since he's our friend, but he made him promise not to tell Marik until they were sure nobody could hear them. Ryou and Bakura found out because they've been my friends since my freshmen year and know how I act so I told them after getting Joey's permission. And Seto knows because Joey can't keep a secret from him.

"We weren't even supposed to end up together, Yugi. It was all a mistake. That day on the bridge, you were supposed to meet up with Ryou before me and the person I was really supposed to end up with met. Joey did it because he thought you were lonely and could've used a friend. But something happened with Ryou that day and he couldn't make it so you were out there longer than you were supposed to be. I came before the guy I was supposed to meet and saw you so I assumed you were the person Joey set me up with. He didn't even know about the mess up until you came and told him how happy you were with me and he didn't want to hurt you by telling you that meeting me was a mistake and wasn't supposed to happen.

"We weren't going to tell anyone about you secrets, Yugi; I swear it. I truly do love you and I would never ever do something like that to you." Yami stopped and broke down to tears, unable to say anything else.

He looked up when he felt two comforting arms wrap around him a few minutes later and smile with relief hat it was Yugi and that he hadn't walked away. He felt terrible though when he saw Yugi's shoulders were shaking with his own sobs. "Yugi? Is there something else? What did I say?"

"Oh Yami. I'm so sorry. I don't hate you; I never did… I never could feel that way Please forgive me, Yami, please? I'm so so sorry."

Yami wrapped his own arms tightly around Yugi. Together they sat there and cried until they didn't have anything left.

"Yugi?" Yami asked in a hoarse voice. When Yugi looked up at him he smiled sadly at him. "Yugi, I'm going to give you a chouse. We can go on acting like this never happened or… or we won't be together anymore? All I'm asking for, Yugi, is that you still be my friends no matter what your decision is? I couldn't bare it if you truly left me for good."

Yugi looked down sadly. "Yami, I'm sorry. Thank you for everything you've ever done for me… but I can't. I can't be with you like that if it wasn't meant to be. But I still do want to be you friends."

Yami felt another wave of fresh tears wash over him at Yugi's words but he held them back for the younger's sake. He would have plenty of time to cry once he was alone. He nodded and they stood up, making their way down to the school.

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Once back, everyone was waiting for them. Yami just walked by them, telling them he didn't feel well and wanted to be left alone. Everybody just shrugged and turned to Yugi, who watched Yami walk away with heartbroken eyes. He suddenly regretted what he said on the mountainside, but he didn't know if Yami would talk to him right now or not. He knew he wouldn't want to if his heart was just ripped apart by those words from somebody who said they loved you then hated you.

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The next few months went by painfully slow. Yugi and Yami would talk every now and then but the conversations were always short. Their friends were worried about them but everything they tried seem to only make them drift apart further.

There was one day, a few days before the school let out for summer, that they thought everything was going to be okay between them. It was the day Yugi got a letter from the orphanage he'd be staying with. It said that since Yugi only had two years left with the school that they wee going to let him finish his high school years there instead of where they usually sent high school students. Everyone was so excited and Yugi and Yami hugged each other tightly like they did when they were together before they knew what they were doing. Everyone was so happy when they saw it and thought everything was going to be fine from then on when the two suddenly broke apart and mumbled out apologies to each other.

On the train ride home, the eight friends sat together in the same compartment. Seto sat by the window with Joey practically in his lap, Malik sat beside Joey, and Yami sat next to the blonde. Marik sat across from Yami on the opposite bench, Bakura beside him, Ryou leaning again Bakura, and Yugi sat beside Ryou staring out the window ignore everyone else just like Yami was; only Yami was staring at the compartment's sliding door.

Once the train stopped they all filed out with their bags and waited for their parents to come pick them up. Bakura and Ryou left once they saw Bakura's mother's car pull up. Malik and Marik left once they saw Malik's older sister drive up; she's in college. Seto and Joey left once Seto's limo arrived shortly after Malik and Marik left.

Yami and Yugi stood beside each other, both uncomfortable around each other for some reason. Yami left though when he saw one of his mother's butler drive up in once of his mother's car after giving a short goodbye to Yugi.

Yugi stood there alone, feeling like he was going to break down and cry, when a woman came up to him dressed up in a business suit.

"Are you Yugi Motou." She asked gently. Yugi nodded. "I'm glad to meet you, Yugi, and I'm sorry about your grandfather's unfortunate death. My name is Ms. Nadaka. Please follow me." She then started walking away, Yugi following behind her slowly.