Here's the next chapter.
Sorry it's late, but I didn't get it done until today.
Enjoy!
Chapter 2- School Shooting
"So, what should we do?" Tea asked.
It was Saturday, and the group was out together.
"I suppose that we can do anything." Joey said.
"Where's Seto at, Joey?" Yami asked.
"He's at work." Joey said glumly.
"Is there any day of the week that he doesn't work?" Ryou asked.
"No." Joey, Serenity, and Mokuba said at the same time.
"Well, let's go to the mall. We can at least walk around there for a while." Malik said.
"Not a bad idea." Tea agreed.
The group then headed for the mall.
"Where are Bakura and Marik at?" Atemu asked.
"I don't know, and I think that we might be better off not knowing." Ryou answered.
"Meaning that it's probably something illegal, so if we don't know, when the police asked us if they did it, we can honestly say that we don't know." Heba said.
"Exactly." Malik said.
It wasn't long before they arrived at the mall.
"How about we split up for a while and meet up at the food court later?" Tea suggested.
"Might as well." Yami said.
"What time?" Tristan asked.
"Well, its eleven now, so why don't we meet up at the food court at one." Serenity suggested.
"Okay. We'll meet up then." Heba said.
The group then split up and went their separate ways.
"So, any idea why we come together as a group when all we do is split up in the end?" Yugi asked Yami as they walked through the mall.
"I don't know. We don't split up all the time, but I admit that we do split up mist of the time. We do hang out while we're though. After all, we'll spend about an hour or so just sitting around and talking at the food court." Yami said.
"That's true." Yugi agreed.
The two walked around the mall hand in hand.
Yami noticed the leather store that the mall had. "Hey, Yugi. Why don't we go in and see what they have." Yami suggested.
"Sure thing." Yugi agreed.
The two walked into the store and started to look around at the different types of leather clothing.
'Not bad.' Yami thought, noting that there seemed to be some new leather clothing in the store.
"Hey, handsome." a girl said.
Yami turned and looked to see that one of the salesgirls had walked up to him.
"Finding everything you need." the girl asked.
"Yes. I am." Yami answered, turning his attention back to the clothes he had found interest in.
"Is there anything that I can get for you?" the girl asked in a seductive manner.
Yami glanced over at her and noticed that she was batting her eyelashes at him. 'Great. She's trying to seduce me.' Yami thought.
"Well? Can I get you anything?" the girl asked again, moving closer to Yami.
Yugi had heard this and looked over to see the girl trying to seduce his boyfriend. Yugi had to suppress a laugh. He knew that it pissed Yami off when girls would try to seduce him. He could look into Yami's eyes and see how upset he was. 'She'd better back off before Yami snaps at her.' Yugi thought.
"I'm doing just fine." Yami said, hoping that she would give up and leave him alone.
"Well, why don't we go into the back and I'll show you what we have back there that we haven't put out?" the girl asked, taking hold of Yami's arm.
Yami jerked his arm away. "No." Yami said coldly.
"Oh. Come on. No one will know." the girl said, smiling seductively.
"Miss, I am gay, and I am in a relationship." Yami said.
The girl's jaw dropped.
"He," Yami said, pointing at Yugi, "is my boyfriend, so please leave me alone."
Okay. Sorry." the girl said before walking off.
Yami still seemed rather irritated.
Yugi walked over and said, "Yami, calm down."
"I hate when that happens." Yami said.
"Well, at least she backed off. There were a few who didn't care and decided to come onto you anyway." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I suppose so." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "Now, what do you think of these?" Yugi asked, showing Yami the black leather pants and jacket that he had found.
Yami looked at them. "They look nice. How about one of those tank tops?" Yami asked, motioning to the tight-fitting black tank top.
"Hmm. Maybe." Yugi agreed.
"Why not go try it all on?" Yami suggested.
"Sure." Yugi agreed. He took the things to the dressing room.
Yami then went back to looking around.
"Well, what do you think?" Yugi asked.
Yami turned and saw his boyfriend in the leather outfit. He had to stop himself from letting his jaw drop or drooling.
"Well?" Yugi asked.
"It looks great. I think that you should get it." Yami said. 'Damn! He's hot on that!' Yami thought.
"Okay." Yugi agreed and went back into the dressing room.
'I need to stop getting him to try stuff on.' Yami thought. He then remembered how Yugi looked in it. 'Although it is a beautiful sight to me.' Yami thought. He then started to look through the store again.
"Anything interesting, Yami?" Yugi asked, walking up behind his boyfriend, holding the clothes.
"Not really." Yami replied, turning to face his boyfriend.
"Well, should we get going then?" Yugi asked.
"Sure thing." Yami replied.
Yugi paid for the clothes before they left the store.
"Yami, did you tell me to buy the clothes because they're nice or because you thought I looked good in them?" Yugi asked.
Yami smirked before wrapping an arm around Yugi's waist. "Both, actually." Yami answered.
"I thought so." Yugi said.
"Problem with that?" Yami asked.
"Not really." Yugi answered.
"Good." Yami said.
The two then went into the bookstore.
"You can get yourself a book that you actually want to read." Yugi said, referring to the book that Yami had to read for school.
Yami chuckled. "I'll do just that, Aibou." Yami said.
The two started looking around the store.
Both ended up finding a few books that they wanted to read.
Yami paid for his books first.
Since Yugi had a book that he had pre-ordered, and he was picking that one up, too.
After that, the two left the store.
"Well, you got your book now." Yami said.
"I know. I'm looking forward to reading it." Yugi said.
Yami chuckled. "You'll probably start reading it tonight, and ignore me." Yami said.
"You'll be reading, too." Yugi replied.
"Probably." Yami admitted.
The two walked around aimlessly for a while longer.
"Well, we've managed to kill forty-five minutes." Yami said, glancing at his watch.
"We beat our old record by fifteen minutes." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I wish that we wouldn't spend so long before we meet up." Yami said.
"Well, you know that Tea and Serenity shop longer than we do." Yugi said.
"Yeah. Makes me glad that I'm gay." Yami said.
"Because you don't have to stay with your girlfriend and carry all her bags." Yugi said.
"Exactly. We like shopping just as much, and when one of us is done, the other is usually not far behind. Besides, I don't have to carry your bags." Yami said.
Yugi laughed. "That's true. Since we have an hour and fifteen minutes before we're all supposed to meet up, why don't we go on and sit in the food court?" Yugi asked.
"Sure thing. We don't have anything else to do." Yami agreed.
The two walked into the food court and went to sit down at one of the tables.
"Well, we'll be waiting a while." Yami said.
"We can always start reading." Yugi said.
"Why not? We don't have anything better to do." Yami said.
The two took a book out of their bags and started to read.
After a while, Yami started to get a little hungry. "Hey, Yugi. You want something to eat?" Yami asked.
"You do realize that Tea will have our heads if we eat without them." Yugi said, looking over the edge of his book at his boyfriend.
"I was thinking of just getting us something to hold us over until they get here." Yami said.
"Sure thing. You know what I like." Yugi said.
Yami stood up and went to get something for them.
Yugi decided that he was going to read a little bit more before Yami got back.
Unfortunately, someone else had other ideas.
"Hey there, gorgeous." a voice drawled.
Yugi rolled his eyes and mentally groaned. "Go away, Tyler." Yugi said.
"Oh, come on. I know that you want me, so why don't you just dump Yami and come with me?" Tyler said.
Yugi looked up at Tyler. "Why don't you go jump off a cliff?" Yugi asked sarcastically.
"I'm hurt." Tyler said.
"Like I care." Yugi said.
"Come on. Let's go." Tyler said, grabbing Yugi's arm.
"You can either let me go, or I swear you'll regret it." Yugi said.
"Why?" Tyler asked.
"Because if Yami comes back and finds you here, he'll kick your ass. And I don't think you want to piss Yami off." Yugi said.
"Come on, gorgeous. Stop letting him control you." Tyler said, pulling Yugi up from his chair.
Yugi growled. "I don't like you, I will never like you, and," Yugi said, jerking his arm from Tyler's grip, "I will never go out with you. Now leave me alone."
Tyler snorted. "I don't see why you like him anyway." Tyler said.
"Maybe because I don't stalk him."Tyler whirled around to find Yami glaring at him.
"I suggest that you leave unless you really want all these people here to see me kick your ass, and don't think that I won't." Yami said, his crimson eyes burning with anger.
"Fine. Whatever. I'll get Yugi one of these days." Tyler said before he walked off.
"Yugi, can I-" Yami started.
"No." Yugi said.
"But-" Yami started again.
"No." Yugi repeated.
"But he's-" Yami tried.
"Yami, no. He's gone. Just sit down and forget him. We're supposed to be having fun, remember?" Yugi said.
Yami sighed. "Fine." Yami agreed. He set the tray of food down on the table before he sat back down along with Yugi. "I wish that he's leave you alone." Yami said.
"I don't think that you have to worry about it, Yami. He's annoying, yes, but he's not getting me." Yugi said.
"I know." Yami said.
"Now, let's start eating." Yugi said.
The two started eating their food.
The rest of the group met up with Yugi and Yami when the agreed upon time came up.
"How is it that you two are always the first ones here?" Malik asked.
"Because we always get here before you." Yami replied, marking his page before putting the book up.
"Smartass." Bakura said.
"You were the one who asked a dumb question." Yami retorted.
"All right. No need in starting a fight." Tea said.
The entire group sat down.
"You guys eat without us?" Atemu asked, noticing the cups on the table.
"About an hour ago. We just had a little something to eat to hold us over." Yami replied.
"Well, the rest of us are starving, so why don't we all get something to eat?" Joey suggested.
No one in the group was surprised by the fact that Joey had suggested it.
After getting their food, the group sat down together.
"Geez. You went to the leather store again, Yugi?" Tristan asked.
Yugi shrugged. "It's the style I like." Yugi said.
"He'd wear it to school if he could get by with it." Heba muttered.
Yugi glared at his brother. "Like you wouldn't, too." Yugi said.
Heba shrugged.
"So, what else did you guys do while we were shopping?" Serenity asked.
"Well, while we were in the leather store, a girl come onto to Yami and pissed him off. Then there's the fact that when we got here, Tyler was here, and he came onto me again." Yugi said.
"Yikes." Ryou said, glancing at Yami.
"I wanted to kill him." Yami remarked.
"And I told you that he's not worth it." Yugi said.
"I don't think he'll ever give up." Tea said.
"Well, he won't be getting me." Yugi said.
The group then continued to eat and talk while they were at the mall.
On Monday, Solomon was in the kitchen, making breakfast. He glanced at the clock. 'Well, it's time for them to get up.' Solomon thought. He walked to the stairs and yelled up, "Boys! Get up! It's time for school!"
"Yes, Grandpa!" came four voices.
'They'd better get up soon. I want them to eat breakfast before they go to school.' Solomon thought.
It wasn't that long before all four boys came downstairs.
"I don't want to go to school." Atemu muttered.
"Well, you don't have a choice, but to go, Atemu, so knock it off." Heba said.
"All right, boys. Sit down and eat breakfast before you go." Solomon said.
The four did as they were told and sat down to eat.
"All right. I'm going to want you boys to come right home after school. There's some new shipments coming in, so I'm going to need two of you to sort through that, one of you to do inventory, and one of you to help me in the shop." Solomon said.
"Okay. Grandpa. We'll come right home after school." Yami said.
"Good." Solomon said.
The boys soon finished breakfast and put the dishes in the sink.
The four grabbed their school bags and headed out the door. "Bye, Grandpa!" the four called.
"Bye, boys! Have a good day!" Solomon called.
The four left the house and headed for school.
Along the way, they met up with Tea, Tristan, Ryou, and Malik.
"I really don't want to go to school today." Malik moaned.
The group laughed.
"Come on, Malik. We don't have a choice." Ryou said.
"He sounds like Atemu." Heba said.
"Well, it's rather boring." Atemu replied.
"I don't think that school's that bad." Tea said.
"Well, not everyone thinks that way." Atemu replied.
The group soon arrived at school.
"Hey, guys!" Serenity said.
"Hey, Serenity. Mokuba." Yugi said as the two walked over to join them.
"Where are Joey and Seto?" Yami asked.
"Not sure, but they're here somewhere." Serenity replied.
"Probably getting themselves in trouble again for PDA." Atemu remarked.
"Since you gave him a little advice, I highly doubt that." Heba said.
Atemu shrugged. "It beats Seto trying to sue them for interrupting his time with Joey." Atemu replied.
"He couldn't exactly do that, Atemu." Mokuba told them.
"Well, I wouldn't put it past Seto to try and find a way to get back at someone who interrupted him and Joey." Atemu said.
"Finding a way, yeah, he would do." Mokuba agreed.
"As if he and Joey don't spend enough time together as it us." Serenity remarked.
The group made their way into the school building and went to their lockers to get their books.
"So, before Joey asks, are we going anywhere after school?" Tristan asked.
"Sorry, but we can't. Grandpa needs all four of us to help out in the shop today." Heba said.
"A new shipment must have come in." Ryou said, knowing that all four helped out only when there was a new shipment.
"Yeah. We all said we'd be home after school, and we will be." Yami replied.
The bell then rang.
"Well, let's get to class." tea said.
The group went their separate ways to class.
Yugi, Heba, Tea, Seto, and Ryou were all sitting in their first class.
"So, where were you and Joey?" Heba asked.
"None of your business." Seto retorted, typing on his laptop.
"Yeah. That says it all." Tea said.
"Let's hope that Yami, Tristan, and Marik can keep Joey awake during class." Ryou remarked.
"I'm sure that Marik will love that job. He'll find a way to keep Joey awake." Yugi said.
"And if he does anything to Joey, he's a dead man." Seto said.
"I don't think that you have to worry about that. Marik knows not to do anything to him, or it'll be his head." Seto said.
Tyler then walked up to the group. "Yes, there, Yugi." Tyler said.
Yugi rolled his eyes. "No, Tyler. I am not breaking up with Yami to go out with you, now leave me alone." Yugi said.
"Come on. I'm sure you'd have much more fun with me." Tyler said, winking at Yugi.
"Please. You're idea of fun is taking a person to your bed on the first date and then throwing them aside after you get what you want." Seto said.
Tyler scowled. "How do you know?" Tyler demanded.
"Tyler, everyone in this school knows your reputation. All you do is go out with someone until they sleep with them and then you dump them. Some have even said you've dumped them right after sex. Everyone knows, and no one wants to go out with you unless they want sex." Tea said.
Tyler glared.
"Just leave me alone, Tyler." Yugi said.
"It's not over." Tyler said before walking off.
"You'd think that after so long, he'd get a clue." Ryou said.
"He'll get that clue one of these days." Yugi said.
"Probably whenever Yami kicks his ass. One of these days, Tyler is going to push Yami too far, and not even you are going to be able to stop Yami from fighting him when that time comes." Heba said.
"I know that, Heba. Tyler may have heard of Yami's temper, but he's never been faced with his full-blown anger, and when he crosses Yami in the wrong way, I am going to stay out of the way." Yugi said.
"It will be Tyler's own fault when Yami does kill him." Seto said.
"That's true." Tea agreed.
The teacher then came into the classroom and started the class.
After their first class, the group of friends met up together at their usual spot.
"So, how was class?" Heba asked, looking at Joey.
Joey glared at Marik. "He kept throwing paper balls and hitting me." Joey said.
Marik shrugged. "You kept falling asleep, and it was the only way to keep you awake." Marik said.
"You could have just shaken me. You're right behind me!" Joey snapped.
Marik smirked. "Maybe, but hitting you like that is so much more fun than shaking you would be." Marik said.
"How was your class?" Malik asked, hoping to avoid a fight.
"It was fine." Yugi answered.
"He just had to tell Tyler he wouldn't date him again." Seto said.
Yami growled. "What did he do this time?" Yami asked.
"The usual." Yugi answered.
"I swear that I am going to kill that boy one of the days." Yami said.
"Calm down, Yami. There's no reason to kill him." Yugi said.
"Yes, there is. I don't like the fact that he keeps coming onto you when he knows that you're dating me." Yami said.
"Well, there's no reason for you to do that, Yami. Like I said before, it would take amnesia for me to date someone like that. Everyone knows that Tyler just dates people so that he can sleep with them. He doesn't want a meaningful relationship with anyone. He just wants sex. That alone would put me off from wanting to date him." Yugi said.
"That's true." Tea agreed.
The group sat around talking for a while longer.
"Well, we might want to head on in to our next class." Tristan remarked.
"Yeah. Class will be starting soon." Ryou agreed.
Bakura groaned. "Why do we have to go in early? Why can't we wait until the bell rings?" Bakura asked.
"Because it's going to be ringing in a few moments anyway. We might as well beat the rush." Yami said.
The groups stood up to leave.
BANG! BANG!
The entire school went into a panic.
"What the hell?!"
"Run!"
"Get down!"
"Out of my way!"
"Move it!"
Students at school began running everywhere, trying to get away from the gunshots that had erupted into the schoolyard.
The group of friends was separated.
Yami looked around desperately for any sign of his friends, Yugi in particular. "Yugi! Yugi, where are you?!" Yami shouted.
The entire group of friends was trying to get away from the shooting while trying to find each other.
BANG! BANG!
More shots were fired, sending people into more of a panic.
Yami stumbled around. He knew he was in danger out in the open, but he didn't care at the time. All he cared about was finding Yugi. "Yugi! Yugi, where are you?! Yugi!" Yami shouted, trying to make himself heard above the screaming of the crowd, which was next to impossible.
Students were still panicking and trying to get away.
Several people rammed into Yami and knocked Yami off balance, sending him falling to the ground.
Looking up, Yami saw something that made his heart freeze in terror.
Yugi was on the ground, and he wasn't moving.
"YUGI!" Yami screamed. He scrambled to his feet and ran over to where his boyfriend was laying on the ground. He dropped down beside Yugi. "Yugi!" Yami said frantically. He felt his heart sink when he saw that blood was coming from Yugi's head. "Yugi." Yami said rather weakly, reaching over to Yugi.
"Yami! Don't!"
Yami looked up to see Seto and Joey running to them.
"Oh, Yugi!" Joey cried.
"Don't move him, Yami! We don't know what kind of damage has been done, and we don't need to make it worse!" Seto told him, having to yell to be heard over the screaming.
It wasn't long before the rest of their friends managed to find them.
"Yugi!" Heba cried as soon as he saw his brother.
Atemu grabbed his boyfriend to keep him from running over.
"We need to leave him still!" Seto told them, whipping out a cell phone. He made a quick call.
"Now?" Mokuba asked.
"I called for help. Police and ambulances are on their way." Seto told them.
It did little to reassure the group.
Yugi was still bleeding badly, and there was no way to help him there.
No one was calm, and everyone was worried.
Despite the fact that the shooting seemed to have stopped, the school was still in a panic with teachers and faculty running around trying to calm the students down and helping anyone who was injured.
The shooting didn't last long, but Yugi was the one who had faces the consequences.
Hope you liked it. Sorry if the school shooting wasn't good, but I wasn't sure how it woudl work.
Next: It'll be about Yugi being in surgery and the others waiting.
R&R.