~%Last Time%~
I looked at the puzzle and it started glowing again before my vision blurred and I was engulfed in darkness. My unconscious body fell forward as I collapsed. "Yugi" caught me before I hit the ground and lifted me up.
"Now time to go deal with Officer Trudge." He said.
He set me on the bed gently. He looked at me for a moment and traced the cut caused by Trudge along my left eyebrow.
"He will pay for hurting my friends." He said jumping out of the window.
~%*%~
I woke to someone shaking me on my arm.
"Tamaya!! Tamaya wake up!! We're gonna be late for school Tamaya!!!" I opened my eyes and saw Yugi standing over me with his round violet eyes. He broke into a grin.
"Finally your up! Grandpa and I have been trying to get you up for an hour! Come on you don't even have your uniform yet!" He yelled running out the door.
I sat up and grabbed my head.
'I had such a weird dream. But Yugi is still the same.' Then I went wide eyed as I looked at the clock ticking on the wall.
"SEVEN THIRTY!!! WE'RE ARE NOT GONNA BE LATE YUGI MUTO!!!" I screamed jumping out of the bed. I looked out the window and saw that it was a nice day outside. I heard Yugi come into the room. I turned around and saw he had my uniform in his arms.
"My mom made me go get it for you." He said. He threw it at me and walked out of the room.
I got dressed slowly. I straitened my uniform out and let my hair down and brushed it through it. I made sure my blue bangs still framed my face and took my bracelets off leaving only the silver one on. I put my necklace on and grabbed my school bag from the table. I pulled my socks up and walked out the door.
I skipped steps as I went into the shop part of the house. Yugi and Gramps were standing there waiting for me and talking about Duel Monsters.
Yugi smiled as he saw my uniform on and my hair down. I yawned and rubbed my eyes sleepily.
"Great thing your ready. Your right on time. Lets go!" He said happily running out of the shop. I put my school shoes on and ran after him.
"Wait for me Yugi! By Gramps!" I yelled laughing as I chased after Yugi.
When I caught up with Yugi he was laughing his butt off. I grinned.
"What's so funny?" I asked fixing my skirt. He shook his head.
"It's funny because you look so different in the school uniform." He said smiling. I pouted.
"You mean different as a bad thing huh?" I said looking away from him. He frowned.
"No no! Not as a bad thing! Please don't be made at me Tamaya!" He begged stopping in front of me. I looked at him again. He was just so hard to stay mad at.
"Okay fine!" I said laughing. I gave him a giant hug and giggled.
"What's up you two love birds!" I let go of Yugi and turned around to see Joey standing there with Tristan and Téa smirking. I laughed and gave him a hug also. He didn't tense up this time.
"Hiya Joey!" I said grinning up at him. He just patted me on the head.
"Hey Tammy." I frowned and let go of him.
"Why must you call me that?" I asked with my hands on my hips. He shrugged.
"Well because it annoys you and no one else calls you that." He explained walking around me. I turned around and stomped my foot.
"That's wrong." I said glaring at Joey's back. Yugi came and stood next to me.
"I thought you didn't like Joey." He said slightly confused. I looked at Yugi and then back at Joey.
"I guess he's just not as bad as I thought. You were right Yugi." I said running after Joey. Yugi shrugged before running after us.
~***~
"Dude did you see Officer Trudge. He looks like he's been put in some sort of spell!" I heard as we walked closer to school.
There were people crowding around the area. I pouted.
"I can't see." I mumbled to Yugi. He smiled.
"Me either." He said back. I grinned and pulled up my sleeves.
"Well when push comes to shove, shove them back!" I said grinning. Yugi frowned.
"Tamaya don't even-"
I grabbed onto Yugi's hand and pushed through a hold bunch of people.
"Excuse us! Coming through here people! Move!" I yelled as I pushed through. Joey was in the front and I moved his arm slightly so I could see. I barley went up to his shoulder.
"Whoa." Yugi and I said in unison.
Trudge was by the tree yelling "money all around!" to everyone. His eyes were glazed over like he was in some sort of trance.
"Well at least you two wont have to pay him back now." Tristan said. I nodded slowly.
"It's strange though." Yugi mumbled. I looked at him.
"What is?" I asked moving my bangs out of my face. He shook his head.
"Nothing lets get to class guys." He said walking towards the door.
"Okay. Come on Tamaya." Téa said walking behind Yugi. Everyone cleared the area as medics came and got Trudge.
'What happened to him?' I thought confused. My necklace glowed a little. I grabbed it and looked at it.
'I don't think that it was something that happened on accident.' I thought walking towards where Joey was waiting.
"Come on Tammy!" He called as I blinked and got a tick mark on my head.
"Stop calling me that!"
~***~
It was almost the end of the day and this was the last class of the day.
We sat in our seats as the bell rang.
Joey sat to my left and Yugi sat on my right. Tristan sat behind Joey while Téa sat in front of me. The teacher walked in and asked us to quiet down.
"Today we have a new transfer student from England. Please come in and introduce yourself." He instructed.
A boy with the Domino High school uniform walked in. His white hair was pointed downwards in various directions and trailed halfway down his back. He had soft chocolate brown eyes that you could almost melt in. He smiled gently.
"Hello my name is Bakura. It's a pleasure to meet all of you. I hope we can become friends and play many games together." He said in a British accent. I smiled. Almost all the girls in the room squealed.
I sighed slightly.
Joey leaned over to me.
"Wow I think he already has a fan club huh Tammy. Tammy? Tammy!" He yelled quietly. I blinked out of my daze.
"I'm sorry what?" I asked looking at Joey. He smacked his face on his desk.
"You don't like him to do you?!" Tristan asked me in disbelief over Joey's head. I blushed.
"N-No! It's just….he's so cute it's hard not to." I stated glancing back at Bakura before looking back at Tristan.
"But I don't like him like that. He already has fan-girls. It's sooo annoying to have those. So I think I'll pass." I stated turning back to the front. I saw Yugi looking at me from the corner of my eye, but I ignored him.
"Bakura there is an open seat next to Joey." Joey raised his hand and Bakura smiled again. Bakura made his way over to his seat that was in front of Joey. After that the class broke into chatter. Bakura turned to Joey.
"Hello I'm Bakura. It's a pleasure to meet you Joey." He stated holding out his hand. Joey shook it grinning.
"Same here. Let me introduce you to my friends." He said directing Bakura's attention to all of us. Yugi stood by my desk and Téa turned so she was faced Bakura. Tristan stood next to Joey's desk.
"I'm Téa. It's nice to meet you Bakura." She said shaking his hand smiling. Bakura nodded.
"I'm Tristan." Tristan said pointing to himself.
"I'm Yugi Muto and this is Tamaya Kuragari." Yugi said pointing introducing both of us. I stared at Bakura for a moment. Before I held out my hand.
"It's nice to meet you." I said smiling softly. He shook my hand.
"The pleaser is all mine." He said smiling with his eyes shut. I took my hand back and played with my necklace.
'There's something weird about this kid.' I thought looking at Bakura.
"Wow is that a Millennium item?" Bakura asked in slight shock. Yugi grinned.
"Yeah it is! I actually finished it last night." Yugi said holding it in his hands. Bakura smiled.
"May I?" He asked pointing at the puzzle. Yugi grinned.
"Sure." He said talking it from around his neck. Bakura looked at it closely.
"This is magnificent. I have one-" He cut off from what he was saying and grabbed his chest in a pained manner.
"Bakura are you alright?" I asked slightly worried. He nodded.
"Yes I'm alright. I just need to go to the washroom." He stated standing up. I stood up also.
"I have to go anyways. I'll show you where it is." I said walking towards the door.
"That would be nice." He said softly.
~**~
We had already went to the bathroom. We got into the hall and it was empty. I was kind of wary of this guy and I couldn't explain why.
"So what are your favorite kind of games?" Bakura asked making me jump a bit. I looked at him.
"S-Sorry what?" I asked looking at him. He smiled.
"What kind of games do you like?" He asked again. I put my finger to my chin.
"Oh well…..I'm not really into games. I'm not really good at them. My best friend Yugi is really good at all games." I admitted sheepishly. Bakura laughed.
"Just because your not good at games doesn't mean you can't enjoy them. So when you play with Yugi what do you play?" He asked curiously.
'Wow this guy does not give up.' I thought sweat dropping slightly.
"Well I always lose but card games really." I said looking at him.
"You mean like Duel Monsters?" He asked. I nodded slightly.
"Well yeah that too. But mostly original cards. That you like gamble with or play go fish." I explained smiling. He nodded in understanding.
"But I'm more of a video game type of girl. I'm great at those. Yugi still taught me how to play Duel Monsters though. I don't understand a lot of it, but I get the basics." I stated shaking my head.
"What about you? What do you like to play?" I asked now curious about him. He smiled at me.
"I like Duel Monsters. But like you, I not all that good either." He admitted shyly. I laughed.
"Well I guess we're in the same boat huh?" I asked walking backwards. He nodded smiling.
"We'll have to play sometime Bakura." I mumbled looking at the walls full of pictures. Bakura got a little sad.
"Bakura what's wrong?" I asked stopping in front of him. He just glanced at me and smiled sadly.
"Nothing. I just haven't really played in a while." He said softly. I frowned.
'Well that's not the real answer now is it?' I thought. I put on a fake smile.
"It's okay. We don't have to play if you don't want to." I said. I turned around and ran into someone.
I hit the ground and landed next to Bakura's feet.
"Tamaya are you alright?" Bakura asked franticly.
"I'm fine." I said looking at the person I ran into.
It was Mr. Karita the gym teacher. He was very nasty and a huge pervert. He liked to touch the girls when we were in guys class. I could tell he was looking up my skirt.
"Watch were you're going Kuragari!" He bellowed playing it off.
"What are you talking about?! You were looking up my skirt!" I yelled taking him back a little.
"You can't yell at me! I'm a school teacher!" He smirked. He started to come at me. I got up quickly and took a step towards Bakura.
"You think I care. Listen here you perverted basterd! I don't care if you are-" Bakura got between me and Mr. Karita.
"Tamaya please control yourself." Bakura said softly. I looked at him and frowned.
"But Bakura! You saw it too. He was looking up my skirt!" I yelled pulling down the front of my skirt some. Bakura nodded.
"Yes but there is no way that the school would believe you if you told anyone. They would just suspend you and the teacher would get away with it anyway." He said softly again. I crossed my arms and huffed.
"Your lucky you were here or I wouldn't be able to stop myself." I said glaring at Mr. Karita. He smirked a little.
"So you think you're the little savoir huh?" Mr. Karita said pulling on Bakura's hair. I balled my fist as Bakura shut his eyes in pain.
"Let him go." I said through my teeth. He ignored me.
"You know your not suppose to have hair like this. If this isn't cut off by tomorrow I'm gonna do it myself." He said pulling on a piece hard making him wince.
I punched Mr. Karita in face backing him off Bakura.
"I could have you expelled for punching me!" He yelled. I grabbed Bakura's arm putting him behind me slightly.
"Really cause I could have you fired, sued, and put in jail for not only assaulting one student, but two!" I yelled back pointing at Bakura.
"And right now I would rather be expelled before I let you ever touch Bakura." I said between my teeth. Mr. Karita tusked.
"I'll have him in gym tomorrow." He stated walking away.
I clenched my fist before I grabbed my necklace and sighed calming myself some. Bakura looked at me sadly. I grabbed a piece of his hair and tugged on it softly.
"You better not cut this." I said smiling. He shook his head.
"I won't." He said smiling again. I could tell it was fake. I let go of his hair and grabbed onto my necklace again.
"I really hate that teacher." I mumbled frustrated. Bakura laughed a little.
"I understand why." He said. We started walking back to class. I played with my necklace as I hummed.
"Were did you get that?" Bakura asked pointing at my necklace. I blinked slipping it off my neck.
"Yugi's grandfather gave it to me when I was little. He got it from Egypt when he found Yugi's Millennium Puzzle. It was in the same tomb." I explained handing to him. He looked at it for a moment before grabbing his chest in pain again.
"It's very beautiful and fits you well." He said weakly. I smiled shakily.
"T-thank you, but are you okay Bakura?" I asked touching his shoulder softly. He nodded.
"Yes I'm fine. Here." He put the chain over my head slowly so I didn't touch my face or hair. The chain was over my hair but I didn't bother fixing it. I just stared at Bakura worriedly.
'He's sweating.' I thought frowning.
"A-Are you okay Bakur-"
"I'm fine. It's almost the end of the day you should get back to class. I have to go do something." He stated turning away from me. I blinked confused.
"O-Okay." I said watching him walk away grabbing his chest tightly.
'What the hell was that about?' I thought looking at my necklace. I pulled my hair back so that the necklace fell on my back and the let my hair fall over it.
My necklace started glowing again and I grabbed it.
'What's with this thing? It doesn't have a light bulb in it does it?' I thought looking at it while walking back to class.
~***~
I walked into the classroom and walked to my seat in a slight daze. Yugi knocked me out of it by touching my arm slightly.
"Tamaya what took you so long to get here?" Téa asked me curiously. I shook my head.
"Bakura and I ran into Mr. Karita coming back to class." I said looking at her smiling. Her eyes filled with worry.
"Well what happened?" She asked quickly. I shook my head. I wasn't the only one that knew about Mr. Karita's perverted moments.
"I almost got expelled that's for sure." I said angrily. Yugi stood next to Téa frowning.
"Tamaya what did you do this time?" He asked crossing his arms. I put up my hands defensively.
"Nothing! He started looking up my skirt so I-"
"Whoa whoa whoa!! He looked up your skirt!?!" Joey yelled angry. We all shushed him. Tristan wrapped and arm around his neck.
"Shut up man! You'll attract attention we don't want!" He whispered fiercely. Joey got out of his grasp.
"Nah man! She's my friend! There's no way I could let some pervert do that!" He said clenching his fists. I shook my head and toyed with my necklace in thought.
"That isn't the reason why I punched him in the face." I mumbled quietly.
"YOU WHAT!?!?!" Téa, Tristan, and Yugi yelled making me jump.
"That's my girl! Yeah who's attracting attention now?" Joey asked smirking after messing up my hair.
"Shut up Joey." Téa said rolling her eyes. I huffed and fixed my hair.
"I punched him in the face because he was harassing Bakura. I couldn't control myself." I said looking at the desk. Yugi looked at me.
"I understand how you must have felt Tamaya, but you still shouldn't have hit the teacher. You could get in serious trouble for that." Yugi said disappointed. I put my head down more so my bangs covered my eyes.
"I know. I'm sorry Yugi." I said softer.
'I hate letting Yugi down.' I thought cringing.
"Wait till grandpa finds out." He mumbled to himself. I looked at him.
"N-No! You can't tell Gramps! He wont talk to me for weeks. Like he did when I got in a fight with Ruby." I said helplessly. Joey looked at me shocked.
"That was you!?!" He asked in disbelief. Yugi and I nodded.
"Yeah she got in a fight with her when Ruby took my lunch money and put me in a trash can." Yugi said laughing a little. Joey nodded.
"I knew someone beat Ruby Johnson up. I was there when the fight happened. I guess I didn't recognize you Tammy. Which now that I think about it…" He took some of my bangs in his hand. "…I should have recognized you because no one else has hair like yours." He stated smirking.
I shooed him off and looked back at Yugi.
"Please don't tell Gramps! Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!!" I begged. Yugi sighed.
"Fine, but if he does find out, I'm not bailing you out this time." He said turning back to me. I broke into a grin.
"Okay!" I said happily as the bell rang.
I grabbed my bag and headed out the door with the rest of the gang.
