What the Hell

Hello, everyone. I am back with chapter two as I promised you. Thank you for your replies. When I found all these emails about so many people favoriting and following my story in less than 24 hours I was extremely happy. I was supposed to upload chapter two on Friday but I decided to do it a day earlier.

So, here it is. As you all know, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. I wish I did.

Chapter 2:

Kaiba didn't look really happy seeing everyone making themselves at home at his living room but it was clear he had invited them there. He took a seat by Joey while Mokuba sat on a fluffy pillow on the floor, facing his brother. Joey ran his hand through his blond hair. He was glad to see Seto but he also wanted answers. Yugi was his best friend. Well, him and Tristan. What most of them didn't know was that Joey wanted to help Yugi not only because he considered him a brother but also because he owed him.

The previous summer, Maximilian Pegasus had personally invited Yugi at his island for a duel. Pegasus knew Yugi's grandfather and had heard from his how intelligent Yugi was as well as how good he was in games. Pegasus had spent the last year inviting the best duelists in the world to a duel searching for someone that would give him a thrilling duel. He had promised to give the duelist that would win against him a great amount of money as well as a special prize.

Yugi was reluctant about accepting the invitation. He didn't feel comfortable fighting for money. However, it happened that around that time he found out Joey's sister, Serenity, had to go through a surgery that costed too much for Joey's family to afford. Joey wasn't with Kaiba yet and he wouldn't ask Seto for that much money anyway. Yugi decided to accept the invitation but didn't tell Joey anything about it.

When Yugi came back two days later, he gave Joey a folder. "Here. Now Serenity will be able to see you again" Yugi said softly, pushing the folder in Joey's hands. Joey found inside the money for the surgery.

"H..How?" was all Joey could ask.

"When you have a great purpose, something to fight for, the heart of the cards is there to help you" Yugi answered and turned to leave.

Joey hugged Yugi, his blond hair hiding his face. Yugi knew that his friend wanted to cry but also knew crying wasn't Joey's thing. So, he simply touched Joey's arm and smiled. "Give Serenity my love."

Joey would never forget what Yugi did for his sister. He would do anything to repay even part of the favor.

Seto placed an arm around Joey's shoulder. He knew exactly what his boyfriend was thinking. He found out about Serenity's surgery some days after the incident. He would have helped Serenity if he had known but he also knew Joey's pride wouldn't allow him to ask money from him. Seto loved to torture his puppy but he also loved him. It was tough love that he enjoyed. It was his type of love.

"So, what's going on?" Kaiba asked, all business.

"Wait until Bakura and Ryou come. Bakura texted me and said he has news. They will be here soon. Apparently the substitute teacher wasn't in the mood to deal with Bakura today so he let him go." Marik smirked.

Bakura and he had gotten detention so many times this year that the substitute teacher in charge always shivered seeing one of them in his class. They just enjoyed pranks a little bit too much. They were proud of their pranks too so why should they not tell the teacher every detail of their plans? Was it their fault that his sons were younger versions of the duo and the man kept thinking that soon his sons would do the same things and deal with detention or even worse?

Ryou and Bakura stepped in the living room fuming. As soon as they walked inside, they took a seat and Bakura started talking.

"We need to do something immediately!" there was a layer of anger in his voice that no one could ignore. "We need to bring this bitch down!"

There was only one bitch and everyone knew her. Tea. The question was what she had done this time. Kaiba had been long aware that there was more to the story than Yugi let them know. He used to think that Yugi was a weak boy that didn't deserve his attention but soon he had discovered how wrong he was. The boy was intelligent and knew how to keep one's interest. He had dueled Yugi for fun and Kaiba had lost. Yes, Seto Kaiba had lost. Then that summer the boy had gone against Pegasus and had won as well. The boy was a real challenge. However, Kaiba had actually gotten to know Yugi because of his younger brother. Mokuba had gotten a liking to the young boy. He just loved to jump and hug Yugi every time he would see him.

At first Kaiba thought that was because Yugi was…well, he was quite adorable, even if Kaiba would never say that word aloud. No one could say otherwise. Yugi had always been cute. Also there was this gentleness of manners and kindness he showed everyone that you couldn't ignore. However, soon Kaiba started respecting Yugi for his knowledge around games and lost civilizations as well as his protectiveness and loyalty towards friends. He had put himself into harm's way to protect Mokuba against school bullies and Kaiba would never forget that. He was more than willing to help the gang figure out what was happening to Yugi but he would never admit he cared for the boy. No. He had an image to uphold.

"The other day we were talking about how it was strange that Tea was always around Yugi and then suddenly she makes a move to Yami and starts treating Yugi like dirt" Seto started.

"Yes, and we said that probably Tea always wanted Yami but she played the good friend because Yami was so close to Yugi" Joey interrupted, his hand reaching for one of the candies Mokuba had left on the table.

"You better eat than talk, mutt" Seto pestered him, earning a glare from his boyfriend.

"Who are you calling mutt?!"

The others grinned. That was the usual for the couple. Yet they were there to find out more about Yugi. So, Ryou turned his focus on Kaiba and asked him to continue.

"Is anyone aware of the fact that someone threatened Yugi through messages?" Kaiba asked. There were some gasps. "One night Yugi came to my place asking to stay here. He told me he wanted a place to think and his room just wouldn't do. I thought it was because he spent quite some time there with Yami when they were friends playing games. However, the next day one of my maids found a note that probably fell from Yugi's pocket. It was telling Yugi to stay away from Yami or he would suffer."

"It could be Tea." Tristan said.

Kaiba nodded. "The thing is Yugi was never one to care for himself. Yet since that day he didn't try to talk to Yami again. Until then he had tried to talk to Yami but since then silence."

"So you think that this someone actually wasn't threatening Yugi but Yami?" Malik asked to make sure they were in the same page. "It actually makes sense. I found a note in one of Yugi's books some weeks ago. However that one was about how Yugi should stop thinking of Yami and find a girl to love."

Malik shook his head. He had never liked Tea. He knew that it must have been her that wrote the note. She was the only one outside the gang who knew about Yugi's feelings. The gang didn't know how she had found out but she had. Yugi hadn't gone around advertising his feelings so she could be the only one to do that. Also she was so against gay couples. Of course she would want Yugi to be with a girl. However, Malik had a feeling this went beyond homophobia or possessiveness of Yami.

"Why did you start the rumor about Yugi being taken?" Ryou asked Marik.

"While we were in class today, I overheard this girl saying she would ask Yugi. Her sister is in my class, you see. Yami heard it too and I saw him frowning. I knew Yugi would refuse the girl but I thought that maybe if Yami heard Yugi was dating, he would react. I am not really sure Yami loves Tea" Marik said the girl's name as if it was something foul.

"Marik and I have discussed this a lot. I was always really close to Yugi. The last months I observe Yugi a lot. I know his heart is breaking every time he sees those two together. I don't understand why Tea always comes to sit close to us and why she seems to want to torture Yugi. She already has Yami. However, I have noticed Yami looking at Yugi during lunch quite often. When he does so, he seems…sad. As if he wished he was there with us, with Yugi. That's why I played along with Marik."

"I too believe Yami may have feelings for Yugi. He just needs a bit of a push" Ryou slowly said, everyone turning to look at him. He sighed. "I was the first to doubt Tea turning into such a person because she was always kind to me, but there is more than what meets the eye. Bakura will tell you what he heard today."

Everyone turned their eyes towards Bakura. "I was coming out of detention when I saw Yami and Tea approaching Yugi and asking him about the rumors. Tea was the one pushing to get the girl's name. She assumed it was a girl. Yugi excused himself and left. Since no one noticed me, I decided to wait and see what would happen next. Tea excused herself saying she forgot something in her class and told Yami to wait for her outside the school. When he left, she took out her phone and called someone, I guess one of her friends. She told them to find out who Yugi was dating. She said they had to watch him and make sure to find who got what belonged to her."

"What belongs to her?" Joey screamed.

"There is more. I believe the other person asked about Yami and the bitch said it couldn't be Yami because she had such a tight leash on him. However, she said she would make sure to keep a watch on him. She ended the phone saying that Yugi belonged to her and only her." Bakura was fuming again.

Everyone was shocked. No one would have guessed that Tea was after Yugi. It didn't make sense. Why would she go for Yami if she really wanted Yugi?

"So that's her game. She took Yami from Yugi to make sure they wouldn't be together. However, it is twisted to think that after something like this and how she treats him, Yugi will ever even consider being with her" Marik said, his arm around Malik.

Everyone stayed silent for the next minutes, each one of them lost in his thoughts. They would have never guessed that the reason why Tea kept hurting Yugi was to eventually make him hers. It didn't make sense.

"So, what are we going to do?" Mokuba asked after a while, breaking the silence.

"You won't do anything. You will go to bed" Kaiba said sternly, remembering his little brother was there too. "It's late."

"NO!" Mokuba said in the same tone. "Yugi is my friend, too. He always treats me like a little brother. I want to help him too." Kaiba sighed. He let Mokuba come and curl closer to him as the boy looked at him pleadingly. "Seto, we must help him."

"We will help me, Mokuba. We will." Kaiba promised.

Joey smiled. He liked the affection Seto showed towards his little brother. Seto wasn't a really affectionate guy but through actions he proved he could be trusted by his friends.

"You know…" Ryou started hesitantly, "I believe the greatest thing we could do to Tea would be getting Yami and Yugi together."

The boys nodded their head. "But what if Yami doesn't see Yugi that way?" Tristan asked.

They contemplated a bit on that. "Well we will have to find that out first." Joey simply said.

An evil smirk adorned Malik's face making him look so much like Marik that it was uncanny. Even Marik was scared. "Ehm, love, why do you smile like this?"

"I have an idea. A wonderful idea. Oh and it's not even exactly my idea. It's your idea, Marik!" Malik was so excited, so devilishly excited. "Yugi is taken. That's what we need to do. We will make Yugi be taken."

Everyone looked at Malik as if he was insane. "How will we do that? Who will play Yugi's lover? Will Yugi agree?" Bakura fired his questions.

"Oh, we don't need anyone. That's the great part about it. We don't need a lover. We just need to show Yami that Yugi isn't available. We need to show him what he is losing. And piss Tea as well." Malik grinned.

Kaiba was getting annoyed. It was getting late and Malik seemed to be too excited to properly explain himself. "Look, if in the next some seconds you don't feel the need to tell the rest of us what the hell is in your mind, you could take yourself home."

"Don't talk to my boyfriend like this, Kaiba!" Marik stood up angrily, but a soft hand stopped him.

Malik looked at the sheepishly. "Well, yeah, I will tell you. Sorry. Well, my idea is for us to show Yami how great Yugi is. To show him that he wants Yugi as a boyfriend."

"How?" Kaiba asked through his teeth.

"We will flirt with Yugi, or actually pretend we are flirting with him. We will spread rumors that Yugi is with one of us and that others are interested as well" Malik said slowly looking at the others for a reaction.

Bakura seemed to be the first to get it. "Oh, I like this! We should slowly spread our rumors and flirting around like a spider weaves her web. No matter what Yami will feel bombarded by people that seem to adore Yugi and keep showing him what he loses."

"Won't it be suspicious if everyone starts flirting with Yugi all of the sudden?" Joey asked, feeling a bit uncomfortable. He didn't really want to flirt with the boy he considered a brother.

"Well, it won't be all of us. We won't all flirt with him directly. Some of us will spread the rumors, be the good spiders. Some of us will be a bit more affectionate. Some of us will be a bit more aggressive." Marik said smirking.

Joey nodded. "I will be a good spider. I can't flirt with Yugi! It wouldn't make sense."

The guys stayed another hour discussing their plan until they thought it was perfect. Then they said good night to each other and started for their houses. They all had great smiles on their lips thinking of what they would do the next day.

"Don't worry, Yugi. Soon, we will know what Yami thinks of you. We only hope he isn't as much of a fool as he made himself be the last months" Malik whispered before going to bed.

He wanted his best friend to be happy. Yugi had been the first friend he made in Japan. He had never had a best friend before since his family was always moving. Yugi was the one who helped him surpass his foolish fear for Marik. He couldn't be thankful enough for that. Malik couldn't help but feel that Marik was his other half. When he had met him he was so scared that he had locked himself in a stall at school and cried. Yugi found him and instead of making fun of him he held him and comforted him. Malik only wanted Yugi to be as happy as he was. So, he hoped his plan would succeed.

That's the end of chapter two. The story doesn't exactly have the playful tone I wanted to give it but it follows the basic outline. I promise it's going to be funnier soon. I hope you enjoyed it. You can always PM or write a review if you want to talk to me about the story. I appreciate your thoughts very much.