Undying Love?

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Yugi walked home sadly after school that day. He knew Yami had only been trying to help, but that didn’t change the fact that most potential friends now ran screaming in the other direction at the sight of him. The petite teen sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He couldn’t blame Yami for trying to help: After all, the vampire had saved him from DYING from yesterday’s beating. But still... the boy was upset all the same. Inside the Sennen Puzzle, Yami watched Yugi sadly, wishing he could help but fearing he would make matters worse for the boy.
A familiar and very unwelcome chuckle reached the two people’s ears. Yami growled low, baring his fangs as he recognized the laughter to belong to the one who had harmed his aibou so badly the day before. Even though the puzzle wasn’t completed at the time, it was completed enough for Yami to become aware of his surroundings.
Yugi looked up at the towering bully fearfully. Ushio grinned maliciously, cracking his knuckles in a VERY threatening manner. “So, not gonna call out your bulldog?” the bully sneered. Yugi backed away, white-faced. He couldn’t call out Yami and confirm everyone’s suspicions that he was a vicious creature. Yugi backed straight into a wall, and he looked at the three thuggish bullies, Ushio’s two most loyal flunkies having gained the honor to join him.
The black-haired giant began throwing the first punch. Yugi closed his eyes and flinched, but the blow never landed. He looked up, eyes widened in surprise as he saw a blond-haired teen in a green jacket using one hand to block Ushio’s punch an the other to hold his massive leg that had swung out sideways in a rolling kick.
“Jounouchi-kun...” Yugi breathed, not able to believe this turn of events. The blond lifted his head to look past the giants.
“Now guys!” he shouted. Honda and Ootachi appeared out of nowhere and knocked the two cronies out before they knew what hit them. Jou flipped Ushio onto his back, using the bully’s own massive bulk against him in the awkward position Jou had grabbed him in. The delinquent stomped on Ushio’s most sensitive spot (A/N: OUCH!) and grinned in triumph at the bully rolling on the ground, howling in pain as he clutching his groin. Honda and Ootachi walked up laughing.
“You were right, Jou? Coming to someone’s defense IS more fun than random streetfights!” Honda guffawed. Jou winked and turned to Yugi, who was frozen from a mix of shock and awe.
“Yer not hurt, are ya?” the blond teen asked, kneeling so he was Yugi’s height. Yugi shook his head slowly. Jou punched him lightly on the cheek in a show of friendship. “Good. I was ‘friad we’d gotten here too slow.”
“You- you came to help me?” the petite teen stammered, amethyst eyes widening in realization. Jou nodded.
“Afta ya stood up ta yer friend -um, Yami, right? - I realized you wasn’t the wuss I t’ought you was. Ya just don’ have a mean bone in yer body, which made ya look like one. Honestly, I t’ink hangin’ out wit’cha would do us some good. We don’ wanna wind up like DOSE goons,” Jou said, flicking a thumb at the three unconscious bullies on the ground. (A/N: Ushio was knocked out by the pain. YEOWCH!)
Yugi nodded, then gasped. “Does- does this mea-?”
“Do ya ‘onestly hav’ta ask? We jus’ saved yer ass, Yug! O’course we’re buds now. Honda, ‘Tachi, and I look out fer our own.”
Yugi smiled, tears coming to his eyes. He had to thank Yami for giving him this chance. If he hadn’t shown Jou he had a backbone, he never would have made 4 loyal friends in just a day.