Yuki no Yuuki
by: WindShine
Summery: Mai dies from a car skidding off the slick road and running into her. Jounouchi continues to blame himself, even one year later...
Title translation: Yuki no Yuuki means "Snow's Courage".
Disclaimer: I thought of the title, and I thought of the plot. I never thought of Yu-Gi-Oh!, though.
Dreams of You...
Jounouchi's POV.
Snow...
"Hey, look! Snow!!"
Pure, endless white fluff...
"Snow!! Yipeee!!!"
Happiness running wild...
"Hey, Jounouchi, think fast!"
Coldness, yet warm...
"AHH! Honda, I'm gonna get you!!"
Evening falls, with even more snow...
"Well, I'm off. See you all later."
"Hang on, Mai, you can't drive in this weather."
"Yeah, Mai, I've seen you drive."
"Is that a shot, Jounouchi Katsuya?!"
"Hehe, tell ya what, I'll walk you home."
"Um, ok."
Walking amidst the beautiful whiteness...
"Jounouchi, look out!!!"
The sound of metal hitting bone...
"Mai!"
Blood. Everywhere, just blood...
"Mai, say something!"
BEEP!!! BEEP!!! BEEP!!!
"Huh? WAAAHH?!?!"
Crash!!
You know, waking up from a bad dream is bad enough, but falling onto a hard wood floor just pushes it. I got up, brushed myself off and turned off my alarm clock.
It took a moment to figure out where I was, but the sound of feet scurrying in front of the door told me where I was. "Where" is my mother's house. She decided for her and me to patch things up, and for Shizuka to go to Domino High. I've lived here for over a year now, so its pretty much cool.
I sat on my bed, which was drenched in cold sweat. I turned my head to look out the window, to see the sun was already high in the sky and the alarm clock confirmed my fears. I was late for school!!
I jumped off the bed with a thud and dashed around the room looking for my uniform, my shoes, socks, clean undergarments, and my homework. When I knew I had everything, I raced out of my room, down the stairs, and blew past the kitchen. Mom was making something, when she heard me:
"Joesph! You need to eat!"
I took a back step, grabbed an apple from a bowl of fruit on the counter, waved Mom bye and was out the door. As I ran down the sidewalk, I tried to recall the dream I had. I smacked my head in sheer 'duh'. Of course, I could remember the dream. It wasn't actually a dream, per say, more like a vision. Yeah, a vision of the damn snowy night. I picked up the running pace, as I remember the night, exactly one year from today.
I stopped cold in my tracks. One year from today! I punched the nearest wall, not smart, considering it was brick. Now, I was upset, angry and stupid. I cursed out loud, causing some old lady with a young girl walk quickly away in the other direction. Great, that's all I needed; some old lady reporting some lunatic boy punching brick walls and cursing.
I glanced at my knuckles, noting nothing but scrapes, and started running again. I saw the school tower coming closer, so I sped up to make sure I didn't miss the bell. I saw the opening in the gate, and rushed right in. What I didn't notice was the person standing there.
WHAM!!!!!
I knocked Yugi head over heels that sent both of us sprawling. I landed on the concrete, getting my face and arm scratched up. Yugi's elbow jabbed into my stomach, and my hand hit his face. I moaned as Yugi struggled to get up. Really useless, considering I was literally on top of him.
I felt a hand lift my arm up, and two other hands help me up. Yugi stood up, and brushed himself off. I found my feet and straighten up. I took a good look at Yugi and noticed his bloody nose. Probably from my hand.
"Are you two ok?" Anzu asked as she gave Yugi her handkerchief.
"Yeah, I was talking to Yugi, here, when you come running in crashing into him." Honda stated as he brushed the dust of me.
"Sorry, Yug, I got up late so I ran the entire way here. I didn't see where I was going. Sorry." I looked at Yugi. And surprisingly he smiled.
"Its ok, Jounouchi. It could have been anyone. I'm ok, really."
I grinned, and gave my nose a rub.
Anzu threw her hands up in the air exasperated, "Well, with that all said and done, can we go into school so that the teacher doesn't kill us all?"
We all laughed and followed Anzu through the front doors.
* * *
Homeroom.
First period.
Second period.
Break.
Third period.
Fourth period.
And finally lunch.
I near jumped out of my seat when I heard that bell. I raced out, running toward my locker not bothering to wait for Yugi, Honda, or Anzu. I throw open my locker and stuffed my books in with a bang. I turned and saw that the others were finally catching up.
"Jounouchi, what's the rush?" Honda asked, panting and leaning against the locker next to mine.
"Nothing really, except it's lunch time." I answered gleefully. Lunch was always my favorite time of day, especially since that was the only time I could really spend some time with Mai.
Mai...
I looked down suddenly sad. I continue to blame myself for the accident, even though people said it wasn't my fault. Yugi was the first one to notice my change in expression.
"Jounouchi, are you ok?"
I could hear the concern in his voice, but I didn't care.
"No, I'm fine." I said, lying like the dog I am. Great, I just called myself a dog. Kaiba would be jumping for the stars if he heard me admit like that.
The awkward silence made Anzu change the subject maybe to cover up my lack of comic relief.
"Hey, haven't you guys noticed, it hasn't snowed since last year."
Good going, Anzu, make a conversation on the lack of snow. Damn it.
"Yeah, kind of weird." Yugi answered. You don't even know the half of it, Yug.
"Well, the snow is to scared to fall." Honda stated, with a laugh, still leaning on the locker.
"What are you talking about?"
Honda grinned, and said with mockingly, "The snow knows that Jounouchi, here, has threaten it and will kill it, cause snow was the cause of death for Mai, his girlfriend."
Girlfriend!?!?! Ok, fine I really liked Mai. I admit it. I wanted to tell her how a really felt, but never had the chance. Now, I never will. And he's rubbing it in my face!
"Honda..." I warned. He must have realized what he just said, because he was probably going to apologize, but I didn't want to here it. I didn't want to here any of it.
"Jounouchi, I-"
That's when I let my fist fly.
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