I do not own Yu Gi Oh, nor the characters. I also do not own or take credit for the song within this story. The song used is My Immortal by Evanescence. Please R&R. I hope you like it.

Summary: It has been a few months since Yami has gotten his own body and Yugi is feeling a bit neglected.

/Yami's thoughts/

/Yugi's thoughts/

*Yami's mind link to Yugi*

**Yugi's mind link to Yami**

Taken for Granted

The warm summer sun burned down on seven youths enjoying the day by having a barbecue. Joey a tall blond haired boy with brown eyes wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt was manning the barbecue. He danced around waving the metal spatula.

"Oh boy these burgers and hot dogs are goen to be the best!" He exclaimed excitedly; hardly able to control his mouth from watering.

Five of the youths surrounded a picnic table in the Motou's back yard. Yugi's grandfather was out of town for the weekend and said it would be okay for the group to do a barbeque and movie night. The group at the table consisted of, Tristen, a tall brunet with short hair and brown eyes, a tanned boy with shoulder length blond hair and lilac colored eyes named Malik, a pale shy boy with wavy white hair and warm brown eyes that went by the name of Ryou, Anzu, the only girl in the group, with short brunet hair and blue eyes, and lastly, there was Yami. A slim teen with crimson eyes and tri-colored hair. His long black hair stuck up around his head changed into crimson at the tips. His blond bangs stood up and looked like bolts of lightning.

The seventh youth was little Yugi. A petite teen with large friendly violet eyes and hair similar to Yami's. The difference being his bangs did not stand up like Yami's did. Instead, his blond bangs framed his face like a golden crown and instead violet replaced crimson at the tips. Yugi carried a tray full of beverages over to the large wooden picnic table for his friends.

"I brought the drinks!" Yugi exclaimed as he placed their beverages in front of them on the checkered table cloth. The group did not pay attention to him as he did so. They each picked up their respective beverages and continued on with their conversation without even a glance at little Yugi. The small youth frowned as he sat down next to Yami at the end of the table. Yami was his other half; Yugi was the light and Yami the dark. Their two souls a perfect balance for each other. Yami completed the ceremonial duel a few months before and had received his own body.

"So Joey when is the food going to be done?" Yugi asked looking at the tall blonde who was still dancing in front of the barbecue admiring his work.

"Not too long now! They will be done in a few minutes." Joey responded.

"Good at least we still have a few minutes left to live," joked Tristen.

"Hey!" Joey spun around shaking the metal spatula at Tristen, "I will have you know these are perfectly good! My cooken is not that bad"

"If you say so..." piped Ryou in his quiet English accent. The group laughed as Joey turned back to his cooking.

"Hey Yami." Yugi tapped Yami on the arm trying to get his attention. Yami briefly looked at little Yugi before Joey appeared at the table with the platter of hot dogs and hamburgers.

"The grub is ready!" He announced while placing the food in the middle of the table and taking a seat next to Tristen. Yami turned away from Yugi before the youth could even get his mouth open to ask Yami his question. Yami grabbed a hamburger and started fixing it just how he likes completely forgetting that his light had wanted to say something to him.

The others followed suit. Grabbing hamburgers and hot dogs chatting happily about how good it was to be out of school. Yugi took a hamburger off the platter and placed it on his plate. He picked at it. Not really interested in actually eating it. He was completely lost in his own thoughts. The chatter if his friends around him becoming mere background noise. Ever since Yami got his own body it was almost like he didn't exist. Not even his dark, paid much attention to him anymore. He may have been surrounded by friends but he had never felt more alone. To add to his feelings of loneliness not one of his friends had noticed the picked apart burger on his plate and that Yugi was not eating.

Yugi got up from the table fed up from being overlooked and ignored. Not one of the other six noticed the teen get up and taking his leave. Yugi went into the house shutting the sliding glass door behind him. He made his way down the hallway towards the bathroom tracing his fingers on the walls of the hallway as he walked. He had a blank stare on his face. When he reached the bathroom, he walked slowly into the room and closed the door behind him.

"I'm so tired of being here"
"Suppressed by all my childish fears"

He leaned up against the closed door momentarily before he stood in front of the mirror.

"And if you have to leave"
"I wish that you would just leave"

His eyes fell upon the mirror in from of him. He hardly recognized himself. His eyes were sunken in with dark circles below them from lack of sleep and depression. His body now a mere vessel for his lost soul; no longer full of life and laughter like it had been before.

"'Cause your presence still lingers here"

"And it won't leave me alone."
"These wounds won't seem to heal."

Yugi locked the door and reached into the shower to turn it on. He spun the handle releasing the gentle flow of water.

"This pain is just too real."
"There's just too much that time cannot erase."

He slowly began to remove his clothes from his small frame. Taking one last look in the mirror before stepping into the shower.

"When you cried, I'd wiped away all of your tears"
"When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears."
"And I'd held your hand through all of these years."
"But you still have all of me"

He let the warm water caress his delicate skin. Running down his shoulders and down his back. He turned to face the water placing his back up against the shower wall and slid down the wall into a sitting position.

"You used to captivate me by your resonating light"
"Now I'm bound by the life you left behind"
"Your face - it haunts my once pleasant dreams"
"Your voice - it chased away all the sanity in me"

Tears freely flowed down his small face mixing with the water from the shower. How could they do this to him? How could they essentially forget about him and act like he did not exist? Especially his Yami. Ever since he got his own body, His darker half did not act like he even cared a damn about him anymore.

"These wounds won't seem to heal."
This pain is just too real."
"There is just too much that time cannot erase."

They went through so much together. Duelest Kingdom, Battle City, Yugi gave his soul to the Seal of Orichalcos to save Yami, he was there with Yami right next to him when he fought the leviathan, the journey to discover Yami's past and unlock his power.

"When you cried, I'd wiped away all of your tears"
"When you scream I'd fight away all of your fears."
"And I held your hand through all of these years."
"You still have all of me"

He drew his knees in close to his chest and wrapped his arms around his legs. Yugi sobbed uncontrollably as memories of their time together flashed before his eyes. He missed how Yami use to look at him. Like a friend, an equal, a partner. He missed the warm comforting embrace of his other half.

"I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone"

Yugi raised his eyes up. Searching the shower walls for relief. His violet eyes fell on the razor in the soap dish. He narrowed his eyes at it. Focusing his attention on the one object. He slowly brought himself to a standing position. Reaching out he took the razor from the soap dish. He stared at the blade momentarily before he took the blade out of the surrounding plastic.

"But though your still with me, I've been alone"

His grip tightened on the blade.

"I'm alone"

In one swift motion he pressed the razor blade down on his wrist and dragged it ½ way up to his elbow. He swapped hands and did the same to the other wrist.

He dropped the blade as he watched the dark crimson blood as dark as Yami's eyes break through the newly formed wounds and mixed with the water. He watched as his very being and life essence left him through the two gashes. He fell to his knees. It would not be long now. He lay down on the shower floor curled up in a ball watching his life be washed down the drain with the water.

"When you cried, I'd wiped away all of your tears"
"When you scream I'd fight away all of your fears."
"And I held your hand through all of these years."
"You still have all of me"

Yugi's eyes closed. His breathing becoming slower before stopping altogether.

A sharp pain shot through every fiber of Yami's being. He gasped and clutched his hand to his chest. The others surrounding the picnic table stopped laughing immediately when the saw the look of pain and horror in the former pharaoh's eyes. Yugi and Yami may not share the same body any longer, but they still had a link to each other. After all, they were two parts of a whole. Yami bolted from the picnic table nearly falling as he did.

"Yami!" Anzu exclaimed. "What's wrong?!"

Yami did not answer her. There was something seriously wrong. His light was in danger. He felt through the mind link to try and tack down where exactly in the house Yugi was. The others remained down stares looking at each other dumbfounded. Yami picked up a faint hint of Yugi's soul left. It was fading fast. He HAD to get to him! He sensed Yugi in the bathroom. When he arrived at the door to the bathroom, he banged on it with his fist.

"Yugi!" Yami's deep regal voice was on the verge of panic. "Yugi open the door!" No response came from the other side. He only heard the shower running. He could not hear Yugi and his link with his Aibou was fading quickly.

The other five downstairs heard Yami's deep voice calling for Yugi followed by a loud bang. They were all on their feet in a matter of seconds running into the house. They found Yami working on breaking the bathroom door down.

The door gave way under Yami's strength and desperation to get to Yugi. Yami's breath caught in his throat when he saw the sight. His little light curled up on the shower floor in a pool of blood.

"NOOOOO Yugi!" Yami jumped into the shower and lifted his precious light's head. Tears danced in his eyes while he turned Yugi onto his back. When the others looked inside the bathroom they each gasped. Anzu could hardly see through the stream of her own tears. Joey pushed his way past them all to get to Yugi. He checked to see if the teen was breathing and if there was a heartbeat. When he could not detect either, he tilted Yugi's head back and started mouth to mouth resuscitation. After giving Yugi three breaths he started chest compressions to get little Yugi's heart beating again. Yami sat in shock and horror as he watched Joey performed CPR.

In between breaths, Joey looked up at the stunned pharaoh and yelled at him, "Yami! Get a towel and apply pressure to his wrist." Yami did not respond. He could only stare at the lifeless face of his hikari. Joey slapped Yami's face bringing him back. "Come on Yami! I need your help here! Get a towel for Yugi's wrists!"

He then turned to the others, "One of you call an ambulance! NOW!"

Joey continued CPR while Anzu went to call for an ambulance. Yami quickly found two towels, returned to Yugi's side and applied pressure to the wounds. He used all if he strength to try and stop the bleeding. Willing the blood that was pooled on the shower floor to go back into Yugi.

"Hold on Yugi!" Yami whispered. A tear ran down his cheek and landed on one of the towels. /Please don't leave me, Yugi. Please come back./

Anzu appeared in the doorway. She took a breath trying to get ahold of herself long enough to talk. "An ambulance is on the way," She choked out.

/Hang in there Yugi. Help is coming/ Yami thought while maintaining the pressure on Yugi's wrists.