Author's Note- This is the first installment in a series about a new card
game in the Yuu-Gi-Oh!
world. I, for the most part, try to use Japanese names in my
stories, so if you're having trouble understanding who's who, say
it in your review and I'll help you out!
Disclaimer- I do not own the characters of Yuu-Gi-Oh! or the game Duel Monsters. I do, however, own the idea for Divide and Conquer, the card game played in this fanfiction.
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Yuugi Motou sat at his desk, head held up by his arm, as he stared outside the school building, watching in mild fascination as small and large droplets of rain pattered the windows. He barely noticed when Anzu asked him if anything was wrong.
"Yuugi? Are you alright?" the brown-haired girl repeated, lightly tapping on her best friend's small shoulder. "Hello in there?!" She gave a rougher push to his shoulder, causing his arm to buckle and his head to hit his desk with an audible THUMP!
"Huh? What?" he queried, rubbing the side of his face. The spiky- haired fifteen year old then looked over to Anzu, who grinned sheepishly. "Why'd you push me, Anzu?"
She smiled and winked at Yuugi. "You were all... like zoned out and stuff!" she answered. Yuugi frowned.
"You could've just left me alone, ya' know." Yuugi then turned back to his window-watching, ignoring Anzu's sighs.
"What's wrong with you today?" Anzu questioned, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. Her friend shrugged the hand off, and ignored her. "C'mon, Yuugi! You can tell me anything!" she urged.
The bell rang, signaling that the students were dismissed. "Just... leave me be, Anzu!" Yuugi replied, stuffing his textbooks into his light- blue backpack and running from the room, tears welling up in his eyes.
Jounouchi and Honda came up from behind Anzu. "What's eatin' Yuugi?" Jou asked his friends.
Honda shrugged. "Dunno... That kid can be wierd sometimes, you know that..." he offered, recieving a glare from Anzu. "What?"
"I'm gonna find out what's wrong... You two... STAY AWAY!" Her outburst startled the two friends. She pushed past them and left the building, trying to catch up with Yuugi.
Jou sighed as he picked up his backpack from a nearby desk. "Something's wrong with those two... Let's just stay away like Anzu said... Maybe they'll get over it." The two made their way out of the building slowly.
"Yeah... Let's just hope they get it together... Whatever IT is..." Honda agreed. Then he changed the subject. "I think I need new hair gel... What kind do you use?"
Jou smirked. "Me? LA Looks... I can show you where to get it!" And the two ran off to a nearby convienence store.
(^-^)
Anzu found Yuugi curled up on a park bench, sobbing into his knees. Quietly, she walked up to him. "Yuugi?" She sat down next to him. "Please tell me what's wrong, Yuugi..." Anzu pleaded, wrapping an arm around her friend.
This time he didn't jerk away. Rather, he curled up next to his friend. "A-Anzu?" he tried, looking up at her with red, puffy eyes.
Unable to control herself, Anzu began crying too. "Yuugi... tell me what's wrong! Please!" She sniffled as she drew him closer.
"It's... a-about the g-g-game shop... Grandpa's going to... to... sell it! A-a-and th-th-that m-means... I'll never see you guys again!" Yuugi managed to say, bursting fully into tears. Anzu hugged him even closer.
"Shh... Don't worry, Yuugi... No matter where you are... we'll be there, in your heart..." she said, trying to calm him down. To many a passerby, it looked like a sweet older sister comforting a much younger brother.
The boy's sobs became lighter, and Anzu smiled shakily. She placed her head on his shoulder, and, for a split second, she saw what looked like a much younger Pegasus. But, when she looked again, he wasn't there.
'Okay, Anzu... Calm down... You're just really worried about losing Yuugi... You did NOT just see Pegasus.'
From a nearby tree branch, the boy Anzu had seen smirked down at the two teens. He did indeed look much like Pegasus, except his eyes were wider, and his face was less defined. The boy reached into his shirt pulled out a Duel Monsters card. However, instead of a monster on the picture, it was one simple word 'Boo!'. The boy-Pegasus threw the card expertly, and it embedded itself right next to Anzu's head.
"What the...?!" Anzu shouted, startling Yuugi. She picked the card out from the wood and read the word 'Boo!' on it. She looked up into the tree but could only catch a glimpse of silver before there was nothing.
Yuugi looked slightly frightened. "Anzu... what's going on?" he asked, wiping the tears from his face. The brown-haired girl smiled weakly, tossing the card into a trash-can.
"Nothing... heh heh..." she lied. To herself, she thought, 'Oh my god... I saw Pegasus... But... He looked much younger... How?'
(^-^)
The next day, Yuugi was absent at school. Anzu looked frantically around the classroom for him, making Honda and Jou chuckle.
"Anzu... I honestly don't think Yuugi came to school early, shoved himself in a book, and waited for you to come open it..." Jou said, laughing. Anzu glared daggers at him
"Jou... SHUT UP!" she yelled, getting an evil eye from the teacher. She began to whisper. "Yuugi is gonna move away... So I'm worried... okay?!" Honda dropped his bottle of water, and Jou dropped a potato chip that was halfway to his mouth.
"Yuugi's moving?!" they asked simultaneously.
Anzu nodded. But, before she could comment, the teacher decided to make an announcement.
"Class, we've recieved a new student. I would like you all to welcome him! Damien... please come in and introduce yourself." The teacher ushered someone into the classroom before sitting down at her desk.
Anzu gasped when she saw the boy step through the doorway. He had long, silver hair, and sharp amber eyes. Damien wore a black turtle-neck, which he left untucked, and a pair of tight black pants that covered most of his black combat boots. He winked at Anzu.
"Hello... My name is Damien Pegasus Crawford. Most of you will know my father, Pegasus J. Crawford." He recieved, as he expected, several gasps. "Don't worry, though, I'm nothing like him..." he continued. Several people sighed in relief.
The teacher stood up once more. "Okay, Damien, please take a seat... There." She pointed at Yuugi's empty seat. "Mr. Motou isn't here today, so you should be fine."
Anzu groaned. He would be sitting right next to her.
Damien sat down, smirking at Anzu. "Hi, what's your name?" he asked suavely, offering his hand. Anzu crossed her arms and looked straight, towards the front of the room. "Okay... Sorry to bug you then..."
"You were at the park yesterday, weren't you?" Anzu asked, keeping her eyes on the front of the classroom.
The boy replied simply, "No."
"Yes, you were."
Damien smiled deviously. "You must have mistaken me for someone else... I wasn't at the park yesterday. By the way, what's your name?" he said, repeating his earlier question.
"My name is Anzu..." she replied, still not looking at him.
"Nice to meet you, Anzu... Nice to meet you..."
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Demonic Magicks: So, how'd you like it? I know, I didn't introduce the game in this chapter... But, I promise, I will include it next chapter!
Yuugi: I don't cry like that... *sniffle*
Anzu: Don't cry, Yuugi... Anzu is here for you...
Demonic Magicks: *snickers* By the way... Since you took the time to read my story... Why not review it?
Disclaimer- I do not own the characters of Yuu-Gi-Oh! or the game Duel Monsters. I do, however, own the idea for Divide and Conquer, the card game played in this fanfiction.
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Yuugi Motou sat at his desk, head held up by his arm, as he stared outside the school building, watching in mild fascination as small and large droplets of rain pattered the windows. He barely noticed when Anzu asked him if anything was wrong.
"Yuugi? Are you alright?" the brown-haired girl repeated, lightly tapping on her best friend's small shoulder. "Hello in there?!" She gave a rougher push to his shoulder, causing his arm to buckle and his head to hit his desk with an audible THUMP!
"Huh? What?" he queried, rubbing the side of his face. The spiky- haired fifteen year old then looked over to Anzu, who grinned sheepishly. "Why'd you push me, Anzu?"
She smiled and winked at Yuugi. "You were all... like zoned out and stuff!" she answered. Yuugi frowned.
"You could've just left me alone, ya' know." Yuugi then turned back to his window-watching, ignoring Anzu's sighs.
"What's wrong with you today?" Anzu questioned, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. Her friend shrugged the hand off, and ignored her. "C'mon, Yuugi! You can tell me anything!" she urged.
The bell rang, signaling that the students were dismissed. "Just... leave me be, Anzu!" Yuugi replied, stuffing his textbooks into his light- blue backpack and running from the room, tears welling up in his eyes.
Jounouchi and Honda came up from behind Anzu. "What's eatin' Yuugi?" Jou asked his friends.
Honda shrugged. "Dunno... That kid can be wierd sometimes, you know that..." he offered, recieving a glare from Anzu. "What?"
"I'm gonna find out what's wrong... You two... STAY AWAY!" Her outburst startled the two friends. She pushed past them and left the building, trying to catch up with Yuugi.
Jou sighed as he picked up his backpack from a nearby desk. "Something's wrong with those two... Let's just stay away like Anzu said... Maybe they'll get over it." The two made their way out of the building slowly.
"Yeah... Let's just hope they get it together... Whatever IT is..." Honda agreed. Then he changed the subject. "I think I need new hair gel... What kind do you use?"
Jou smirked. "Me? LA Looks... I can show you where to get it!" And the two ran off to a nearby convienence store.
(^-^)
Anzu found Yuugi curled up on a park bench, sobbing into his knees. Quietly, she walked up to him. "Yuugi?" She sat down next to him. "Please tell me what's wrong, Yuugi..." Anzu pleaded, wrapping an arm around her friend.
This time he didn't jerk away. Rather, he curled up next to his friend. "A-Anzu?" he tried, looking up at her with red, puffy eyes.
Unable to control herself, Anzu began crying too. "Yuugi... tell me what's wrong! Please!" She sniffled as she drew him closer.
"It's... a-about the g-g-game shop... Grandpa's going to... to... sell it! A-a-and th-th-that m-means... I'll never see you guys again!" Yuugi managed to say, bursting fully into tears. Anzu hugged him even closer.
"Shh... Don't worry, Yuugi... No matter where you are... we'll be there, in your heart..." she said, trying to calm him down. To many a passerby, it looked like a sweet older sister comforting a much younger brother.
The boy's sobs became lighter, and Anzu smiled shakily. She placed her head on his shoulder, and, for a split second, she saw what looked like a much younger Pegasus. But, when she looked again, he wasn't there.
'Okay, Anzu... Calm down... You're just really worried about losing Yuugi... You did NOT just see Pegasus.'
From a nearby tree branch, the boy Anzu had seen smirked down at the two teens. He did indeed look much like Pegasus, except his eyes were wider, and his face was less defined. The boy reached into his shirt pulled out a Duel Monsters card. However, instead of a monster on the picture, it was one simple word 'Boo!'. The boy-Pegasus threw the card expertly, and it embedded itself right next to Anzu's head.
"What the...?!" Anzu shouted, startling Yuugi. She picked the card out from the wood and read the word 'Boo!' on it. She looked up into the tree but could only catch a glimpse of silver before there was nothing.
Yuugi looked slightly frightened. "Anzu... what's going on?" he asked, wiping the tears from his face. The brown-haired girl smiled weakly, tossing the card into a trash-can.
"Nothing... heh heh..." she lied. To herself, she thought, 'Oh my god... I saw Pegasus... But... He looked much younger... How?'
(^-^)
The next day, Yuugi was absent at school. Anzu looked frantically around the classroom for him, making Honda and Jou chuckle.
"Anzu... I honestly don't think Yuugi came to school early, shoved himself in a book, and waited for you to come open it..." Jou said, laughing. Anzu glared daggers at him
"Jou... SHUT UP!" she yelled, getting an evil eye from the teacher. She began to whisper. "Yuugi is gonna move away... So I'm worried... okay?!" Honda dropped his bottle of water, and Jou dropped a potato chip that was halfway to his mouth.
"Yuugi's moving?!" they asked simultaneously.
Anzu nodded. But, before she could comment, the teacher decided to make an announcement.
"Class, we've recieved a new student. I would like you all to welcome him! Damien... please come in and introduce yourself." The teacher ushered someone into the classroom before sitting down at her desk.
Anzu gasped when she saw the boy step through the doorway. He had long, silver hair, and sharp amber eyes. Damien wore a black turtle-neck, which he left untucked, and a pair of tight black pants that covered most of his black combat boots. He winked at Anzu.
"Hello... My name is Damien Pegasus Crawford. Most of you will know my father, Pegasus J. Crawford." He recieved, as he expected, several gasps. "Don't worry, though, I'm nothing like him..." he continued. Several people sighed in relief.
The teacher stood up once more. "Okay, Damien, please take a seat... There." She pointed at Yuugi's empty seat. "Mr. Motou isn't here today, so you should be fine."
Anzu groaned. He would be sitting right next to her.
Damien sat down, smirking at Anzu. "Hi, what's your name?" he asked suavely, offering his hand. Anzu crossed her arms and looked straight, towards the front of the room. "Okay... Sorry to bug you then..."
"You were at the park yesterday, weren't you?" Anzu asked, keeping her eyes on the front of the classroom.
The boy replied simply, "No."
"Yes, you were."
Damien smiled deviously. "You must have mistaken me for someone else... I wasn't at the park yesterday. By the way, what's your name?" he said, repeating his earlier question.
"My name is Anzu..." she replied, still not looking at him.
"Nice to meet you, Anzu... Nice to meet you..."
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Demonic Magicks: So, how'd you like it? I know, I didn't introduce the game in this chapter... But, I promise, I will include it next chapter!
Yuugi: I don't cry like that... *sniffle*
Anzu: Don't cry, Yuugi... Anzu is here for you...
Demonic Magicks: *snickers* By the way... Since you took the time to read my story... Why not review it?