"Your move, Jounouchi," Yugi stated. The tri-colored haired boy suddenly scowled, causing Jounouchi to lean back in his chair.

"What did I do? You look angry all of the sudden."

Yugi snapped out of it. His lips spread into a large, unconvincing smile.

"Oh! Sorry, Jounouchi-kun. Yami was just saying something."

"He was telling you what to play again, wasn't he?"

"Yep."

Yami had been annoying Yugi lately. Jounouchi didn't know exactly what was going on with the two, but he had an idea that a lot of it was Yami being overprotective. It wasn't that Yugi didn't appreciate his help. It was more that Yugi wanted to prove he could fight his own battles sometimes.

Jounouchi laughed with his friend, knowing that Yami must have been glaring at him by now. The blonde suddenly felt a presence behind his back.

"What an odd way to play with your dog, Motou."

Jounouchi glared at the CEO behind him

"Fuck off, Kaiba! No one invited you to this."

The brunette gave him that stare again. The one that pissed him off. The one that stated how stupid Jounouchi was being.

"I go to class here, moron. And I'm not going to leave just because you barked at me."

Jounouchi threw his cards down, then stood up to face the brunette.

"Then go back to your seat. Just sit down and count your money somewhere else."

"A bit hurt that some of us have jobs, mutt?" Kaiba retorted.

They forgot all about Yugi until he spoke.

"Um…guys, we don't need to fight in class. We'll get in trouble…remember?"

Kaiba's icy blue eyes darted toward Yugi.

"I don't need your advice, Motou. Stop acting like you know better than me."

Jounouchi took that opportunity to strike with a vicious retort.

"Of course he does! How many times has Yugi beaten you? A million?"

"Jounouchi-kun, that's not-" but Yugi was cut off by Kaiba.

"He's not the one that beat me. The spirit did all the work. He just got the credit."

Pause. Jounouchi turned to his tri-colored friend. Yugi's mouth was wide open in a horrified gasp. The blonde scowled at the CEO. That was a low blow. But Kaiba wasn't finished.

"And besides, by that logic, then I know more than you, mutt. You've never won against me."

Jounouchi glared but couldn't think of a retort. Kaiba smirked and walked toward his chair.

"Face it. Neither of you can duel against anybody without help from that spirit."

Yugi stared in horror at something Jounouchi couldn't see. Jounouchi had a feeling that Yami was getting pissed off now and that Yugi was worried how far the spirit would go in his anger. The small teen suddenly shot out of his seat.

"I'll be right back, Jounouchi-kun."

Yugi left in a flash. Kaiba laughed.

Class started a few minutes later. This time, Yami was out of the puzzle and he was giving Kaiba his coldest glare. Jounouchi wondered if he had forced his way out. The blonde realized that was what most likely happened.

Anzu looked worried. Whenever Yami came out of school, that meant that the spirit felt the need to protect Yugi. Jounouchi sent her a smile to let her know that everything was okay. While he was doing that, his eyes caught Kaiba's. The CEO arched a brow, so Jounouchi looked away. He wasn't smiling at him.

"Class, today we have a new student. Please welcome Takeo Yamada."

The student coming in was about Jounouchi's height, but he had the innocent face of Yugi. Takeo glanced shyly around the room before his eyes locked onto Jounouchi's. The new student smiled at him. Not knowing what else to do, Jounouchi sent a hesitant smile back.

"Tell us something about yourself," the teacher requested.

"Hello everyone. I hope I won't trouble any of you. Um…I like taiyaki."

Kaiba snorted like that was a stupid introduction. Jounouchi couldn't see why the brunette would think that. He liked taiyaki too.

"Take a seat."

Takeo sat in front of Jounouchi, giving the blonde of view of his neck. He was shocked to see some sort of tattoo on it, but it was largely covered up by his hair, so Jounouchi didn't know what the tattoo was of.

After class ended, Takeo turned to Jounouchi.

"Hey. Did you understand the English lesson at all?"

"Uh…" was somebody actually asking Jounouchi for help with schoolwork? "No, I didn't."

"Yeah. Asking Jounouchi for help isn't the best thing to do. He's not very smart," Honda stated.

The blonde glared at his best friend.

"Like you can talk, Honda!"

Takeo blinked in confusion. Jounouchi turned to see that Yami and Kaiba were whispering to each other. Whatever they were saying was obviously upsetting the other.

"Um…Jounouchi," but Takeo couldn't finish what he was about to say. Jounouchi suddenly stood up and walked over to his ancient Egyptian friend.

"Hey Yam. Come to the arcade with us."

Anzu came forward, "That's a great idea! We can see if Honda can get that doll he's been aiming for."

Honda blushed, "It's not for me. It's for Shizuka-chan."

Jounouchi's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. He hated that his friend and Otogi were still going after his sister.

The gang was trying to get Yami away from Kaiba. The last time that the two fought, Yugi had been so upset. Yami no doubt knew what their intentions were, but he took the bait anyway.

"Of course."

The next day passed by without incident. Well, except for Kaiba insulting Jounouchi a little more, but that was nothing new. He and Yugi were putting on their shoes when Jounouchi found something in his locker. Curious, the blonde took it out.

And gasped when he saw the heart-shape symbol on it.

Yugi turned to him.

"What's wrong?"

Flustered, Jounouchi hid the card behind his back.

"Eh…eh nothing. I just remembered I gotta be somewhere. I'll see you later Yug."

"Huh? Jounouchi-kun."

The blonde left his friends staring after him. Once he was at a safe enough distance, he opened it.

Dear Katsuya,

When I first saw you, my heart skipped a beat. I've never seen eyes as golden amber as yours. The sun would be jealous of your smile's radiance. You may not know me, but I know you. I know you like Duel Monsters, so I'm getting into it too. I hope we can play with each other one day. Forgive me if I'm not very good.

Yours truly,

Your secret admirer.

Jounouchi never received a love letter before. He felt like the luckiest guy in the world. Some girl liked him so much that she was practicing Duel Monsters just for the chance to play with him?

Who could it be? Was she cute? Was she someone from his class? Jounouchi was practically skipping his way home, happy that somebody liked him.

He bumped into something solid and nearly fell on his ass.

"Watch where you're going!"

That voice. Uh oh. It was Bakura's dark side. The man had gotten hold of his letter and was reading it. The thief laughed.

"Somebody's stupid enough to fall for you?"

"What the hell? I thought you guys were sick? Don't tell me you forced Ryou to play hooky again."

"Alright. I won't tell you."

Jounouchi glared at the man. Ryou was going to have a lot of problems if he couldn't control his dark side. At least the thief was no longer trying to take over the world (for now).

Yami Bakura looked at the letter and laughed again. It pissed Jounouchi off.

"This is the funniest thing I have ever seen. I wonder what that rich boy would say if he saw this."

Jounouchi paused.

"Who? Kaiba. He wouldn't care."

Bakura's eyes leered at him. That was pretty scary. Jounouchi wished he didn't do that.

"Really?"

"Of course not," Jounouchi insisted, "Why would he?"

The thief simply shrugged. He was silent for a while, then Bakura turned to glare at where Ryou assumedly was. They were talking to each other via mind-link. Jounouchi hated it when people did that. He had no idea what argument they were having.

Bakura's glare turned harsher, making Jounouchi worried for his friend. He decided to get the yami's mind off of his hikari.

"So, can I have the letter back? You had your fun."

Bingo. Bakura's attention was back on him, but now the glare was aimed in Jounouchi's direction. It was a pretty chilling gaze too. Ryou would owe him one later.

The thief gripped at the letter tightly.

"Why do you want it back so badly? Are you thinking of meeting this mysterious admirer?"

Jounouchi felt his face grow hot. Bakura laughed again. While Bakura blocked Jounouchi's path, the blonde's friends had time to catch up. Fuck his life.

Yami glared once he saw the thief in front of Jounouchi.

"What are you doing here, Tomb Raider?"

Bakura stopped laughing when he realized who was in the vicinity. He glowered at the pharaoh. Thrusting the letter back in Jounouchi's hands, Bakura walked closer to Yami.

"Oh. I see I'm not the only dark spirit that decided to walk out in the open."

"You're the only dark spirit here," Honda glowered.

"Well…aside from Malik's," Anzu hesitantly corrected.

Honda blushed in embarrassment. Yami's glare was getting hot enough to melt a bolder. He had already been angry enough at Kaiba. Jounouchi was worried that all this rage would be bad for his blood pressure.

"We're more different than you think, Bakura. Yugi actually consents to me taking over from time to time. I doubt Ryou wanted you to take him away from his studies."

Now it was Bakura's turn to glare. Jounouchi inwardly sighed. This day had started out so normal. The letter had promised the rest of the day to be nice. Why did two bickering yamis have to spoil his fun?

"So what? I'm doing him a favor. Ryou doesn't need school anyhow."

"Of course he does. Ryou loves school," Jounouchi cried out. Big mistake. Bakura's eyes were now on him and they looked full of hinted threats. Jounouchi gulped.

"By the way, Pharaoh. Did you know that this friend of yours got a love letter?"

Fuck you, Bakura. Jounouchi glared with bright red cheeks. Honda gasped.

"What? No way!"

"You're the so called King of Games and this loser gets a love letter first. How pathetic is that?" Bakura laughed.

"I have no need for love letters. And I'm happy for Jounouchi-kun."

"So, you're not jealous?" Bakura pressed on.

"Why should I be?"

The thief simply shrugged.

"I suppose you're right there. Maybe you know better than to let some useless words get you flustered, unlike this mongrel here," he pointed at Jounouchi with his thumb, "Or maybe you feel no need for love letters. Since the love of your life is always with you."

The gang fell into a silence as Bakura laughed and walked away. Yami stared down with an expression that Jounouchi couldn't quite pinpoint.

Suddenly, Honda was right in front of him.

"Why didn't you tell us about the letter?"

Oh shit. Before Jounouchi could retort, Honda grabbed the letter and read it. Anzu came closer.

"What's it say?"

"Oh man. Whoever this chic is, she loves Jounouchi's golden amber eyes," Honda chuckled.

"Could it be a man?" Anzu asked.

"No way…Well…maybe," Honda responded.

Jounouchi hadn't thought of it before, but the writer could be a man. Somehow that made him even more embarrassed to show his friends the letter. He took it out of Honda's hands.

"Will you two stop? Eh…Yami, what are you doing out?" he asked just to take the gang's attention away from the note.

But the person in front of him was Yugi. The smaller boy looked very sour.

"When Yami saw Bakura, he forced me back inside. As if I couldn't handle it myself," he grumbled, "You did too!"

He obviously spoke that last sentence to the spirit. Yugi sounded unusually angry, causing the rest of the group to feel awkward. They didn't like it when those two fight.

Despite that incident, Jounouchi went to bed with a smile on his face. It was good to feel love like this every once in a while.

But what the hell did Bakura mean when he spoke of Kaiba? Kaiba wouldn't be jealous just because Jounouchi got a love letter. Hell, he was a CEO, so he surely had many people writing him love letters all the time.

Jounouchi dreamed of who his secret admirer could possibly be.