Zypher: Hey everyone. For some reason, I just realized this story went missing and thanks to my helpful friend, I was able to use her thumbnail disk to get some of my stories and chapters back from my old computer. So, since someone told me that they missed the story, here the revised and revamped version of Tattered Hearts.

Disclaimer: Don't own Yugioh and never will. Don't own Zoids: Chotic Century either and you will find out where this little piece shows up in the story.

Summary: In Domino High school, Yugi and his friends like the star players of the football team. But Yugi has a rival for Yami's heart. Anzu Mazaki. Will Yugi try and win Yami and Aqua's hearts or give up and let Anzu win?

Tattered Hearts

Chapter 1

Yugi watched as Yami and Aqua played a round of football with their friends. 'Man, I wish I could be out there but they wouldn't even notice me.' Yugi thought and sighed. Diamond came into the room and walked over to him. "Watching Yami and Aqua again, Yugi?" Diamond asked and he nodded.

"Maybe you should go talk to them or something sooner or later." Diamond said and Yugi looked up to her. "I could but what happens if Anzu comes and ruins it?" Yugi asked. Anzu Masaki was Yugi's best friend ever since elementary and in high school, she signed up to become a cheerleader and she made it to be the leader. But once Yami and Aqua came in to join the team, she left his group of friends and always treated him like he was nothing but dirt but Diamond, Kaiser, Ryou and Jou always backs him up.

"Don't worry about it, she wouldn't mess with you as long as I'm around. Everyone knows me as the greatest fighter in the school." Diamond said. "So, did you ever try to talk with Yami or Aqua?" Diamond asked. "No, they're too popular. They might not even notice me at all."

"Don't say that, Yugi. I know they will notice you and the may even ask you to come with them to the Valentine's Day dance."

"I hope so. I really would like to go with them."

Yami looked up to the window and saw Yugi and Diamond there talking with each other. Aqua walked over to him and looked up as well. "Yugi was watching us again?" Aqua asked. Yami nodded and turned to catch the ball thrown to him and threw it back to Bakura. He caught it and walked over to him along with Seto, Marik, Crimson, Toben and Ruby.

"The little Motou kid watching us?" Bakura asked and Aqua nodded. "Why doesn't he come down to the field? It's not like we're going to ignore him or anything. I think he's a good kid." Ruby said. Seto nodded. "Yeah; a lot better than that Masaki girl." Seto said and both Yami and Aqua had to agree with him.

"So Yami, are you planning to ask him to come with you to the Valentine's Day dance?" Crimson asked. "Yeah, hopefully he will come." Yami said. 'Cause ever since I saw him, I can't deny the fact that I love him but I didn't want him to reject me if I tell him so soon. This dance might change it all.' Yami thought before he and the others went back to their game.

Yugi and Diamond walked out of the school building to meet up with their friends. "So, are we ready to go to the arcade?" Jou asked. They nodded and they headed off. "So Yugi, are you going to come to the dance with us?" Ryou asked. Yugi shook his head. "No, I don't think so. I don't have a date so there's no reason for me to go." Yugi said.

Diamond ruffled his hair. "Don't worry about it Yug, we're all going and we don't have dates. We're going so we can have fun." Jou said. Yugi thought about it then nodded. "Ok, I'll come." Yugi said, smiling. "Alright! Now it will be fun with you there Yugi!" Kaiser said as they reached the arcade.

"Now let's have some more fun! We only have two weeks before the dance so let's have some fun just in case the dance doesn't turn out well." Diamond said, knowing that Anzu will be there to ruin Yugi's chance at getting to meet with Yami and Aqua 'if' they show up at the dance.

Yami and his friends were done with their game and were going to head to the arcade to do a few duels but unfortunately Anzu showed up and they haven't gotten past her yet. "Oh, Yami! Aqua! I'm so glad to see you two!" Anzu exclaimed. Yami sighed. "What do you want Anzu?" Yami asked. "Oh, I just wanted to tell you something. Ever since I first saw you and Aqua, I just wanted to join the cheer-leading team so I can always watch your football games. You two always win the games for us and I wanted to tell you this but I was too afraid to do so." Anzu started.

"Here we go." Crimson whispered, rolling his eyes. "Aishiteru Yami, Aqua. Tsukiatte kudasai(1)?" Anzu asked, hoping they will say 'yes'. Aqua sighed. "Gomen nasai, suki na hito ga iruno(2)." Aqua said. "What! Who could it be?" Anzu said. "They don't need to tell you, Masaki. You can find out on your own." Seto said. "But if you happen to hurt him, then there will be consequences." Bakura said and they walked past her while she was still shocked that it was a boy that Yami and Aqua loved.

'Who could it be? Who could Yami and Aqua possibly like that is a boy? If it's Yugi then he will pay if he comes to the dance.' Anzu thought and then marched angrily back to her house.

"Hey Yugi?" Diamond called. He looked over to her. "Yes, Diamond?" Yugi asked. "Would you like to duel?" she asked. "Sure." Yugi said and they went over to the virtual dueling platform. As they were dueling, Yami and his friends entered and Yami saw them dueling. "Hey, look you guys, Yugi and his friend Diamond is dueling." Yami said and they looked over to the dueling platform.

"Well, why are we standing here for? Let's go watch." Crimson said once he saw Diamond. Just like Yami and Aqua, he as well as Marik, Seto, Bakura, Toben and Ruby fell in love with one of Yugi's friends. He in particular loves Diamond for her fighting and dueling skills even though she is always close to beating Yugi in duels but he always find a way to come back.

"And now, I'll destroy your Vampire Lord with Dark Magician which ends the duel Diamond." Yugi said as the virtual hologram of Dark Magician shot a Dark Magic attack at her Vampire Lord and it disappeared in a flash as Diamond's last 400 LP went down to zero.

Diamond smiled as she collected her cards and jumped down from the platform. "Great duel Yugi. Just like always, you have a way to come back." Diamond said. Yugi jumped down from the platform as well. "Yeah, if I didn't draw my Dark Magician, you would have won." Yugi said as they walked off to find Jou, Kaiser or Ryou.

"Come on, Yami, we can't lose track of him." Aqua said as they went to follow them. "We should do the same Seto. Let's see if we can find Jou or Kaiser around here." Ruby said and Seto nodded and went through the crowd as well. "Well, let's see if we can find Malik or Topaz before they leave." Marik said and they went off as well.

"We better do the same Bakura." Crimson said and he nodded.

Jou and Kaiser were near the end of the arcade playing House of the Dead. "Jou, why is it that you're always the first to die?" Kaiser asked as he continued to shoot at the zombies that were going after Jou's side of the screen while he reloaded. "I have a bad habit of never shooting at them. There is that fact that you need to watch out for hostages." Jou said as he started to shoot.

Seto and Ruby saw them and walked over to them. The game over screen showed up and they placed the guns back into the holsters. "Man, we suck at this game." Kaiser said. "Well, at least we got farther this time." Jou said and Kaiser nodded. "Maybe we could be of some help." Seto said and they turned to see them. "Crap, it's Seto Kaiba and Ruby Jewelstone from the football team." Kaiser said as they walk past them and to the game. " I wonder why they are here?" Jou asked as they started to play the game and they watched quietly.

Ryou was playing DDR with some challengers as Malik and Topaz watched. "Ryou, you're great at this game. No one can beat you yet." Topaz said as the last challenger left the platform. "Don't say that Topaz, Diamond has beaten me many times before, even Malik did a few times." Ryou said as he walked off the platform. "Really? Malik, you never told me that." Topaz said, giving him a friendly punch to his arm.

"Well, you never asked." Malik said. "Now don't go starting that again you two." Diamond said as she and Yugi walked over to them. "Aw Diamond, why do you always ruin the fun?" Malik said as he looked to her. "Because you're a crazy little nutcase. That's all." Diamond said as she walked over to the dance platform, ruffling Malik's hair. "How about we go a few rounds?" Diamond said.

Malik nodded. "Sure." He said and got onto the second platform as Diamond placed a few quarters into the slot and they started the game.

Yami, Aqua, Bakura, Marik, Toben and Crimson spotted them and stopped a few feet away from them. "Well, looks like everyone's here except for Jou and Kaiser." Crimson said as he watched Diamond dance. 'Man, she's way better than Masaki. She should have been part of the cheer-leading team. Maybe I can get Crystal to see about it.' Crimson thought.

"Do you think Seto and Ruby found them?" Aqua asked. "I have a possibility they did if they're not around here." Yami said. "Well, let's not worry about them right now. Isn't that Yugi?" Marik asked. "Well, if he's short, cute and looks like Yami then yes." Toben said and was smacked in the back of the head by Aqua. "Hey! I was stating the obvious!" Toben said, glaring at Aqua.

"Well, give your compliments about Topaz, not Yugi." Aqua said as he turned to look at Yami. "So are you going to head over there, Yami?" Aqua asked and he nodded as he started to walk over. "Stay there." Yami said to them and they nodded.

After the last song Diamond and Malik stepped down from the platforms. "Sheesh, Diamond, you're good. No wonder why Ryou couldn't beat you." Malik said. "Hey, you just need to practice more." Diamond said and they laughed. Topaz looked around and spotted Yami coming towards them. "Yugi, star player coming." Topaz whispered and Yugi turned to look in his direction. "Oh no, what should I say?" Yugi said, fearing that he might choke since this is the first time he spoke to Yami.

"Don't worry Yugi we're here for you. Just try and talk to him. At least you don't have to worry about Anzu." Diamond said and he nodded as Yami reached them.

Jou and Kaiser watched, appalled, at how fast they got to the last point in the game. "Man, they're real good. There's no way how we can compare to them." Kaiser whispered to Jou and he only nodded. "It's a miracle they're even still here. I thought they would have left by now." Jou said as they finished off the last boss.

Seto placed the gun back into the holster and turned to look at Jou who stepped back a bit. "Well, thanks for showing us how to really play the game Kaiba." Jou said, rubbing the back of his head slightly. "Oh, don't worry about it Jou, we always help someone in need and please, call me Seto, Jou." Seto said.

"Oh, alright Seto." Jou said. Saying his first name felt weird to him since this was the first time he ever talked to him. "Well, how about we go look for your friends?" Ruby said as he looked to Kaiser. "Sure, why not." Kaiser said and they left to see if they find their friends.

"So, Yugi is it?" Yami asked and he nodded. "How have you been? I never see you much around school." Yami said and Yugi blushed slightly. "Well, I always stay in the classroom after school to help out a bit." Yugi said. Yami nodded, smiling. "So you like to help others. That's sounds alright. Maybe one day you can come to one of our practices. I'm sure Coach Raven(3) wouldn't mind." Yami said and Yugi nodded.

"Well, it's starting to get late Yami and I hate to break up your conversation, but me, Yugi and the others should head home now." Diamond said and Yami looked up to her. "Oh it's alright. If Yugi wants to, I can walk him home." Yami said, looking to Yugi. "Sure, if it's ok with you Yami. I don't want to keep you from any plans you have to do tonight." Yugi said.

"Don't worry. Me and Aqua don't have anything to do tonight." Yami said. "Ok then. Come on Diamond. Let's see if we can find Jou and Kaiser. We surely have to make sure he gets home on time." Ryou said and she along with Malik and Topaz nodded and they walked off, leaving Yugi with Yami.

'Hmm, I wonder what they meant.' Yami thought before he turned his attention back to Yugi. "Ready to head home Yugi?" Yami asked and he nodded and they left, Yami calling for Aqua who caught up with them at the door.

"Well, there they go. They make it look so easy." Bakura said. "It would be easier for us if we did the same Bakura." Crimson said. "He has a point there, if we're planning to express our love to the rest of little Yugi's friends then we have to confront them sooner or later." Toben said.

"Alright, alright. I have a plan. If we're going to invite them to come with us to the dance, let's play as little secret admirers. Leave notes in their lockers and meet them at the dance. They might have doubts about going since they don't want to shame themselves in front of us because we're popular and all that crap." Bakura said.

"He does have a point." Toben said again and Crimson looked to him, a sweat-drop forming. "Thank you, Captain Obvious." Crimson said. "Man, will you quit saying that!" Toben whined. "I have to agree with him, you always state the obvious when we already know Toben." Marik said. "Hey! You're supposed to be on my side!" Toben whined and started to have a tantrum. "Cool it, Toben!" Bakura said. He stopped and tried to look innocent. "Ok, now here's the plan," Bakura said and they gathered together to discuss what to do.

Zypher: Well, that will be all for the first chapter. I hoped you enjoyed it and wil review like always. See you in the next chapter.

Translations

(1) - Please go out on a date with me.

(2) - I'm sorry, but there's someone else I love.

(3) - Really isn't a translation but I thought about adding Raven since he was one of my favorite characters from the show. I miss Zoids alot. Excuse his OOC-ness in future chapters. Can't have him be grumpy in this story.