Wicked
So here is my Yu-Gi-Oh story. I've got BIG plans for this series. Possible Yu-Yu-Hakusho crossover WAY later. I like things nice and dark so expect dark humor and evil things happening to good people. Typical fan-fic I know but nothing stupid and unbelievable like: "He raped you three times but you still love him" kinda crap. Hell NO. Some people use dark stuff to try and make up for writing ability. I did this excersize where I use my same style but I write about something happy without making it unbelievable. Its harder than most people think. Now until my college applications are out, my updates will be kinda slow but don't worry, I don't stop writing without at least a huge warning. I won't dissappear off the face of the Earth and not tell anyone that I won't be finishing my stories or writing for a while. So anyway, heres what I got for now. (I like my stories nice and long so enjoy!)
Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh, there would be no GX (sorry GX lovers, but...no)
Ryou groaned as he searched through his back pack for his keys.
"Hurry up Ryou." Whined Malik. "You didn't forget your keys did you?"
Ryou shook his head. "No, I locked the door behind me this morning. I know I have them in here somewhere…"
Malik sighed deeply and leaned back against the wall, right next to Ryou's apartment door. "The first thing I'm gonna do when we get in there is sleep. Having three tests in one day is worse than hearing one of Tea's friendship speeches. And that means A LOT coming from me."
Ryou gave an amused snort. "I know what you mean. I just want to lie on the couch and sleep for the next five years. Thank goodness it's Friday."
The sound of jingling of keys put a smile on the young albino's face and it grew when he finally got his hands on the damn thing. He pulled out his keys and quickly thrust it into the lock and turned.
Ryou opened the door to the small apartment that he and Bakura shared, though Marik and Malik spent enough time here to almost consider them permanent residents.
Malik burst in and ran down the long hall to the living room/dining room.
"We're BAAAAAAAACKKKK! THANK RAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!"
After that, Ryou heard a surprised yelp, a few mumbled words, and then a string of what he assumed to be curses in ancient Egyptian. Ryou slowly walked down the hall, into the living room, and saw Malik and Marik rolling around on the floor, both trying to get on top of the other. This was one of those days when Marik and Malik got into a dominance battle. Neither liked the idea of being weak and neither wanted to ever look weak, especially in front of Bakura.
After the Battle City finals, Bakura brought Marik back from the shadow realm because he was, as Bakura put it, "the only crazy son of a bitch worthy enough for him to call an ally." Not that he didn't consider Malik an ally, but Ryou guessed that Bakura related to Marik more. Probably because Malik had forgiven Yami for whatever reason he had for hating him. Marik…not so much. But after a few days, Marik and Bakura became inseparable partners in crime. What crimes, Ryou didn't know and didn't want to know. Malik joined them most of the time, and Ryou was sure the other two enjoyed his company when he did, but Malik was SLIGHTLY less insane than Marik and didn't need constant excitement to entertain himself.
Bakura watched the two rolling around on the ground with amusement. He sat on the couch, probably where Marik was sitting too before he was attacked, had his feet propped up on the coffee table, and was smoking a cigarette. Ryou sighed before deciding to ignore the two lunatics in his living room and head off into his own room for some peace and quiet.
"Ryou?"
Ryou turned to look at Bakura, who was now watching him intently.
"Yes Bakura?" Ryou asked tiredly.
"Aren't you going to say hello?" Asked Bakura. While there was no threat in his tone, the look he gave Ryou sent chills down his spine.
"Oh…hi Bakura. Sorry, I've had a tiring day. I'm just going to go into my room to take a nap before I start dinner."
Bakura snorted and turned his attention back to the floorshow.
"Do whatever you want. As long as we have steak tonight, I don't care what you do before then."
Ryou merely nodded before quickly heading to his room. He locked to door behind him before stumbling toward the small twin bed in the middle of the room. He fell onto the bed and closed his eyes, with every intention of falling asleep as soon as it came to him.
However his cellphone started to ring, keeping him from drifting off. He sat up sleepily and reached down to the bottom of the bed where he had dropped his bag. After rifling through it for a few seconds, he finally found his phone and answered it.
"Hello?" He answered sleepily.
"Hey Ry." Replied the voice of a young woman. "Were you napping? After all these years I thought you would have grown out of that."
Ryou's eyes shot open.
"H-Haine?!"
The Next Day
"Thanks for helping me with the shopping guys. But…you didn't all have to come."
Bakura, Marik, and Malik were each carrying four grocery bags (Ryou was only carrying two). They were filled with food, beer, cigarettes, paper towels, shampoo, soap, and a shit load of toilet paper. Ryou never really understood how they could run out of so much toilet paper so fast but, he was never curious enough to ask.
Malik gave him a small smile.
"But Ryou, you can't carry all this. We really needed all of this stuff and it would have been a waste to make you take a second or even third trip."
Marik rolled his eyes and made a "tch" sound.
"What he really means is that you've been acting weird since you got home yesterday. We just wanted to make sure you didn't get hit by a car or get mugged because if you're in the hospital, we will be the ones forced to eat take-out food for weeks."
Ryou rolled his eyes. Marik's logic was about as easy to comprehend as…well…let's just say it makes sense only to him.
"Besides," Added Bakura, "You never get the beer I like. The last time we had a party, all we had was that Bud Light* crap. So I had to drink twice as much so I would be too drunk to care."
Ryou sighed and shook his head but didn't reply. He knew better than that.
Suddenly, Bakura stopped walking. The other three boys stopped shortly after.
"What's up Bakura?" Asked Malik.
For a moment Bakura didn't reply. He had turned around, looking through the mass of people as if searching for something. Then he turned back around and continued to walk, though he continued to glance back over his shoulder.
The other three looked at each other but quickly followed him.
"What's wrong?" Whispered Marik.
"We're being followed." Bakura replied.
"What?" Marik hissed. He glanced behind him but couldn't see anyone suspicious.
The four of them continued to walk in silence, each of them watching every person that walked past them, waiting for any indications of a threat.
"Are you sure?" Whispered Ryou.
"Yes I'm sure." Growled Bakura. "I know when I'm being followed."
"Can you tell for how long?" Asked Malik.
Bakura snorted. "Well it's not like they wear a sign saying for how long they've been tailing us. But I'd guess for maybe two blocks."
Bakura then moved all of the bags he was carrying into his left hand. A gust of autumn wind blew through Bakura's open leather coat and Ryou saw that Bakura had a knife on his left hip. He then looked at Marik and Malik and noticed that they had copied Bakura's example, each ready to reach for their own knives.
The four of them walked slowly. Finally, they stopped completely. Ryou looked around and noticed they were right outside Domino Park, about four blocks from his apartment. Then, out of nowhere, a blur ran through the crowed. But the blur wasn't behind them, it was in front of them. Bakura, Marik, and Malik threw their bags to the ground, reached for their knives and moved forward to meet the attacker. Ryou, being the non-fighter, moved back. But as the three boys moved forward, the blur crouched down, rolled through the space between Marik's legs, and catapulted toward Ryou. Ryou was able to give out a cry before he was tackled to the ground.
"RYOU!" Cried Bakura.
"Damn it Ry! I didn't know you had a bodyguard detail!"
The three boys froze. Bags of groceries lay scattered all across the street. A few people stopped to stare at the strange scene. A young girl, of about 17 or 18, with jet black hair that was tied into two ponytails, was straddling a young albino boy of approximately the same age. Her bright blue eyes stood out against the black coat she wore. The coat went to her waist and had a fake fur trim going all along the edge. On the hood of the coat were what looked like a pair of bear-ears. She wore black high platform shoes and black thigh-highs with a black lace trim. On her waist, she wore a black and white plaid skirt which ended an inch or so above the thigh-high.
"You like my surprise?" The girl asked happily. "I told you it would be something you never expected! Did I do good? Huh? Did I?"
She stopped her pleas for praise when Bakura's knife pressed up against the side of her neck.
"Get off of him girl." Bakura growled. "Slowly."
The girl looked at Bakura through the corner of her eye. Her eye narrowed for a moment but her angry look was replaced by a cocky one.
"I would have gotten up if you had asked nicely. You don't have to be so rude you know." She smirked. "Though, I suggest you remove that knife from my neck before you get castrated."
Bakura glanced down and noticed that the girl had pulled out a knife of her own and had it pointed right at his crotch. Bakura smirked.
"I'm willing to take the risk. Sometimes killing your opponent is the most important goal."
The girl's eyes widened but she regained her cool quickly. Though, she did lower her knife.
"Good girl." Whispered Bakura. "Now up."
Malik and Marik got on either side of the girl and pulled her up by her arms. They used their coats to keep bystanders from noticing that they were poking their knives into the girl's sides. Marik took the girl's knife away from her and tossed it to Bakura. He took it out of its sheath and examined it.
"Not a bad toy for a little girl to have."
The girl gave him a small smirk.
"Why thank you. But do me a favor and don't call me little. It's a pet-peeve of mine."
"She's very short." Muttered Malik.
The girl whipped her head to the side and glared at Malik.
"What did you call me?" She said in a slow, angry tone.
"Short." Malik said simply, as if he didn't hear the anger in her tone. "You're wearing these huge platform shoes but you're barely my height. Are you a midget?"
All of a sudden, the girl kicked him right in the shin. Malik let go of the girl's arm and began howling in pain. Marik burst out laughing at Malik, who was rolling on the ground clutching his shin to his chest, but kept a firm grip on the girl's arm. Bakura smirked but didn't say anything. Ryou on the other hand, wasn't just going to sit by and say nothing.
"Guys, this girl is a friend of mine." Ryou said, wiping off the dirt from his behind. "Please don't insult her, especially about her height. She has a tendency to get violent."
"Now he tells us." Muttered Malik, who had stopped making such a vocal fuss over his leg but was now just sitting on the ground rubbing the hurt limb.
"This is Haine Sakaguchi. She and I go way back."
Haine roughly pulled her arm out of Marik's grasp but politely bowed in Marik and Bakura's general direction.
"How far back is…way back?" Asked Bakura, still eyeing the violent girl suspiciously.
"I'd say after the dinosaurs but before the new millennium." Haine replied.
Marik rolled his eyes.
"Sooooo helpful. Thanks for the hint."
Haine gave him a fake, happy smile in response.
"Actually it was. She means before Ryou moved to Japan."
Malik and Marik gave Bakura puzzled looks.
"Ryou moved to Japan when he was nine, which was before the new millennium. And this girl has a hint of that same damn British accent as Ryou so she must have known him when he still lived in Britain. It's not too hard to figure out."
Haine smirked.
"Congratulations Sherlock. You get the intelligence prize."
Bakura smirked at her.
"And what is the intelligence prize praytell?"
Haine smirked right back at him.
"I won't assume you're an idiot, unlike your blond friend over here." She inclined her head over in Malik's general direction.
Malik got up off the ground and began brushing himself off. But Haine did catch him saying something that included the words: "stupid", "violent", and "midget" under his breath.
Haine crossed her arms and turned her attention to Ryou.
"So Ry, when were you going to tell me you had a twin?"
Ryou sweat dropped.
"Well, its…ah…complicated."
Bakura rolled his eyes.
"You probably wouldn't believe him if he told you." Marik said, smiling mischievously.
Haine shrugged.
"I once saw a dog skateboarding down a street. Then, car came out of nowhere and sent it flying."
The three boys stared at her blankly.
"What? All I'm saying is that I'll believe anything!"
Ryou smiled sweetly at her.
"I've missed you Haine." He said softly.
Haine smiled back at him. She walked over and hugged him tightly. She held his head to the crook of her neck and placed her head on his.
"I've missed you too Ry."
Ryou's smile grew and wormed tighter into her embrace.
Bakura rolled his eyes and began picking up the thrown grocery bags. Marik looked over at Malik and saw how sadly he was staring at the two reunited friends.
On the other side of town
Yugi had his elbows up on the counter, his chin in his hands, staring sleepily at the store door.
"Yugi!"
The boy broke away from his sleepy trance and turned to look at Yami. Yami was sitting with a Biology textbook and had several papers spread out in front of him.
"You were the one who asked me to help you study for your Biology test." Yami said, slightly disappointed that his efforts to help were being ignored. "Am I boring you?"
Yugi exhaled deeply and lay his head on the glass counter.
"You aren't boring me Yami. It's just that my brain is dead after all those tests today. And this bio test isn't until Monday. I just need a break is all."
Yami sighed and closed the text book. He then began gathering the scattered papers and placed them back into his binder.
"I'm sorry Yami. I do appreciate your help."
Yami gave Yugi a small smile.
"It's alright Yugi. I understand. You want me to help you tomorrow then?"
Yugi groaned.
"Let's not talk about that now. I want to just forget that school exists."
Yami let out a small laugh.
"Alright."
The jingle of the store door caught both boys' attention. A young girl, whose age was approximately 17 or 18, poked her head into the store.
"Do you guys sell Duel Monsters cards?" She asked. Her voice was quiet but sweet.
Yami smiled at the girl. Her shyness reminded him of how Yugi used to be all those years ago when they first met.
"We sure do." Said Yugi in his usual happy tone. "Do you need any help finding anything?"
The girl opened the door all the way and stepped inside the store. Her bright blond hair, which contrasted pleasantly with her bright blue eyes, was shoulder length. She wore a white coat with a fur trimmed hood that went down to her knees and a pair of black and white cowboy boots on her feet. Her cheeks were pink from the cool air outside but Yami couldn't help but wonder if she was blushing.
She slowly walked up to the counter, admiring the wears of the store yet avoiding eye contact with either boy. When she finally reached the counter, she timidly looked up at the almost identical teens.
"I would like three Duel Monster packs please." She asked softly.
Yami smiled kindly at her and motioned to Yugi to get the packs. Yugi nodded and took down the key ring that opened the glass counter's sliding door. After getting three packs, he laid them out on the table.
"That'll be $7.50 miss." Said Yami.
The girl raised her eyebrows slightly while Yugi turned his head to the side and smiled.
"$2.50 a pack?" Asked the girl. "Really?"
"Well, first time customers get a special deal." Replied Yami. "The usual price is $3.50 a pack."
The girl furrowed her eyebrows.
"Why?"
Yami smiled.
"Because duelists tend to be repeat costumers."
The girl smiled back.
"I see. Good point."
She pulled her wallet out of her purse and paid for her cards. After Yami rang it up, the girl began opening her packs. She opened all of them, put them all together and began sifting through them.
/Since when did we give discounts to first time customers Yami?/ Yugi asked through the mind-link.
The bridge of Yami's nose turned a slight pink but he didn't respond. Yugi just shook his head and noticed that their guest seemed very pleased with her new cards.
"Find something good?" Asked Yugi.
The girl nodded.
"Ya. Defiantly some keepers here. Ribbon of Rebirth, Magic Jammer, Horus' Servant…I'm gonna be up half the night trying to figure out what to put into my deck."
Suddenly, she stopped at one card. Smiling, she picked it up and handed it to Yami.
"Whats this?" Asked Yami curiously.
The girl smiled shyly.
"A gift. I don't know if you can put it in your deck but…"
Her face flushed with color as Yami smiled at her. As he took the card, their fingers touched, sending goosebumps up both teenagers' spines.
"I would be honored." He replied.
The girl bit her lip as she let the card go. Yami looked down at the card and saw it was a Red Eyes B. Chick.*
After a moment of awkward silence, the girl turned to go. As she started walking out of the store, Yugi quickly tried to help his dearest friend by giving him an opening.
"Yami, aren't you going to go on your lunch break now?" Yugi asked, a little bit louder than necessary.
The girl stopped walking and looked back at the boys. Yami looked at Yugi questionably but after a nudging gesture, Yami understood what his friend was getting at. Yami smiled at Yugi before grabbing his coat and heading towards the door.
"Yes Yugi, I believe I will take my break now."
The girl smiled timidly at Yami.
"Miss…" Started Yami.
"Before you ask, no I haven't had lunch yet and yes I would love to join you."
Yami smiled happily at her.
"What's your name if it's not too late to ask?"
"Naomi." She replied. "Naomi Hoshizawa."
Naomi held out her hand, her smile growing as Yami took it.
"Yami Motto. Nice to meet you Naomi."
So ya...my first serious crack at a Yu-Gi-Oh story. Haine might seem more colorful at the moment but I got some interesting plans for Naomi. She ain't as sweet as she first appears. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Bakura: I think she cracked.
Yami: Agreed.
Ihasnolife: I have not cracked! I have only--
Bakura: Cracked
Ihasnolife: Your being mean...
Yami: But would he be Bakura any other way?
Ihasnolife: Hell no! Thats his whole appeal!
Bakura: I told you girls secretly all want bad boys.
Yami: Ya, Ya. Why do you think the ladies all dig the leather?
- *Don't own Bud Light
- *Red Eyes B. Chick's affect:"By sending this face-up card from the field to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" from your hand."
- *Naomi means pleasant one; above all, beauty. A Hebrew and Japanese name for a girl
