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A/N: Um, not much to say. Sorry for any OOCness and anything else you find apologizing-worthy.
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Two days later it was after school. Ryou (and therefore Lin) had stayed after school for cleaning duty. They had finished rather quickly, they were both efficient and had much practice considering they shared an apartment. Unfortunately, they weren't alone. Three girls from the group of the first day whom Lin had told off were there, and of course, that rude mean girl Lin had talked back to was there. She seemed to be the leader. Lin should have been expecting this, it had happened before, but she had put her guard down since she knew that Ryou would be alright now. Because of this, she had forgotten about herself.
"Oh, look who we have here, the know-it-all," the rude girl, apparently the leader, said mockingly.
"Oh, look, I found the girl that doesn't know anything," Lin returned with a smirk. "Ryou, why don't you start going on home without me?" she asked nonchalantly.
"But, Lin-"
"I'll catch up, don't worry," she responded as if it were nothing before adding, "I'll be fine."
"Lin-"
"Now, Ryou," she said and now her tone was serious.
He looked worriedly at her. "Okay," he said quietly. He began walking off.
Lin turned her attention to the girls. Why did she feel déjà vu? Oh, right, because she'd been in this situation before. "Well, let's get this cat fight out of the way, shall we?" she asked dully. She didn't pride herself in being untouchable, she was only one girl after all. However, she did pride herself in not being bested, that way she could always say, 'you should see the other gal'. And now, three against one, she concentrated on packing some good hits on that leader girl, that one that had been a thorn in her side. Lin was hit quite badly as well, but hey, she'd done well considering she'd had to deal with three girls… and those girls were pretty weak. She could seriously say she'd had worse.
Lin felt like years had passed when the fight was over, she wasn't sure how long it had been. At the moment she was down on one knee, one of her hands braced on the ground and she was breathing hard. The girls had gone, whimpering and nursing their injuries. Lin was way passed that. "I would have thought you would have left something for me," a voice called out and footsteps began making their way toward her.
She sighed but whether in relief or resignation nobody knew. "Bakura," was all she said. She accepted his offered hand and he helped her stand. "Why would I leave anything for you? I hardly get to have any fun," she said with a smirk, her usually pretty face now bruised and bloody. When Bakura caught sight of her face his features hardened. "Calm down will you? It's not like it hasn't happened before. By the way, what are you doing here?" she asked. With some difficulty she linked her arm through his and they began walking toward home.
"Are you stupid? Did you think I'd leave you here? Just who do you think I am?" he asked with a scowl.
She sighed. "No, I'm not. Maybe I did think it. And you're Bakura… the spirit of the Millennium Ring," she said answering the questions he'd asked. They walked on home in the same fashion.
Once home they each went to their respective rooms to change. When she saw him next, Ryou was in control. She smiled at him. "Told you I'd be fine," she winced slightly. It hurt to smile.
Ryou's eyes widened. She didn't know why it surprised him, he should be used to it by now. It didn't happen too often but it was bound to happen more than once when one went from school to school. He immediately went buzzing about as Lin watched amused. They both knew the drill. Ice, bandages, etc. And so, everything went as it routinely did when these things happened. It might happen again, it might not, it all really depended on how stubborn the alpha female of the group was.
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The next morning Ryou and Lin had gotten to school early. Lin didn't look as bad as the day before. Thanks to the ice the swelling was at the minimum. However, the bruises weren't very nice and the band aids made things seem more serious than it was. Still, she kept up her normal demeanor, after all, that stupid girl she had gotten into a fight with wouldn't see Lin being weak, her beating meant nothing to Lin.
"What happened to you?" the blond boy asked.
"Routine," she answered simply and went through her bag for her book. After all, since they were there, Ryou was bound to want to talk to them, something Lin didn't want to do.
"Routine?" the small boy with the Puzzle asked.
"Huh, didn't know classrooms had echoes. Guess you learn something every day," she said calmly and opened her book.
"Lin," Ryou said warningly.
"Oh, come on, cut me some slack, will you?" Lin said but it was said jokingly. She sighed when she caught sight of him looking guilty. "Will you stop looking so guilty already? It had nothing to do with you," she told him.
"Yes, it did," the whitette insisted.
She snorted. "It didn't, you were just the excuse. Girls like her simply don't like to see their leadership status threatened and since I did just that, they needed an excuse," she explained with a roll of her eyes as she turned a page of her book.
"You can't mean those girls from the first day did this?" again the small boy asked. Lin didn't answer but gave a sigh when she heard familiar voices.
"Aw, did something happened to you?" a rather annoying, girlish voice asked in a mocking tone.
"Oh, yes. Yesterday some stupid girls tried to teach me a lesson and failed epically. But enough about me, because it seems that whatever happened to you and your friends was much worse," Lin said in mock worry.
The girl's eyes narrowed. "Don't get smart with me," she said.
"I'm not. I'm naturally like this. Don't flatter yourself thinking I'm smart just for you. By the way, that color purple looks lovely on you, I just wished it looked that good on me," Lin taunted with a smirk.
"Yesterday wasn't enough for you then?" the girl asked in what Lin supposed was an attempt at a threatening tone.
Lin gave a mocking laugh though it kind of hurt to do so. "Enough? Let me tell you something she-wolf. You're not my first fight. I've been in so many I've made it a habit to rank them. And you know something? You rank right at the bottom of my list. You and you're puppies are pretty weak. I can easily say I've had much worse," she informed in a rather flippant tone. Then Lin's features turned dangerous and threatening, it made the bystanders fidget nervously. "Let me tell you something else. I can be a real bitch, and you don't want to see me get angry. If you had something to think about yesterday, then let me say it's nothing compared to what I can really do to you," she told them and even her tone was malicious.
"You think this is over?" the leader asked but had much less conviction in her voice.
Lin smiled pleasantly though there was still some threat in her features, but more or less seemed less imposing. "It's never over. But if you plan to take me on again, then at least have the courtesy of being fair and make it one on one. I mean, as much as I don't mind beating the crap out of you, I don't like getting your blood off my uniform, it kind of sucks. So, the less blood the better. Just a warning," she said nonchalantly. The girl said no more and she and her friends tried to leave with some dignity because they stuck their noses in the air and strutted away.
There was silence for a moment in which Lin returned to her book as if nothing had happened. "What's with the canine references?" the brunet boy finally broke the silence by asking.
Lin didn't look up from her book but answered nonetheless. "Haven't you ever head the expression: girls travel in packs?" she asked.
"Like wolves," the brunet girl made the connection and sounded amused.
"And what do you call a female dog? A bitch. It's just unfortunate those girls won't be able to make the connection," Lin said sounding slightly regretful at the last part but continued reading.
"You really can be mean," the blond said.
"Did I ever imply otherwise?" she asked casually and turned the page.
"You seem rather upset about this, you usually just let it go," Ryou commented quietly.
"Well, for one I just hate it when it's not a fair fight, and for another, I had already met her before but she doesn't remember," Lin commented casually.
"You have?"
"Sure, remember I told you about this spoiled brat at the grocery store?" Lin asked.
"Oh… the one that knocked something off your hands on purpose because you had gotten to the line before her. That was her?"
"Sure thing. She didn't even try to make it subtle. I mean, I know I don't make a good first impression on people, but come on, that's just ridiculous," she said and rolled her eyes.
"I don't think you make a bad first impression on people," the small boy said and Lin couldn't help but stop reading and looked at him. He was smiling at her.
"That's because Ryou didn't let me," she muttered and returned to her book. She wasn't sure why she was trying not to blush.
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