Thanks, Yami, Yugi told his older self, as he had materialized in front of him.
"You're welcome, Yugi. Although you will catch up on your missed sleep tonight." Yami commanded with a firm voice.
Okay, okay, fi…" Yugi's head drooped as his eyelids closed.
"Unbelieveable…" Yami murmured as he turned his attention back to the teacher.
"-ay, now let's move to the next page, shall we? Please read it aloud for us, Mister Muto." Miss Nekonome turned her head to face the class.
Yami panicked slightly, contemplating what to do. He could wake up Yugi, who'd embarrass himself since he had no idea what was going on. Or, he could…
"Yes, ma'am. It is believed that in ancient societies that felines were worshipped due to a certain species of Monster known as Felinus Thammilinium creating said civilizations, and granting them immense wealth as a test."
(-)
"Were you sleeping, Yugi?" Moka asked as she leaned on Yami's arm, her green eyes searching the sky.
"Yes." Yami answered as his face remained stoic.
"Then I guess it's a good thing you woke up, huh?" She shifted her weight from one foot to the other, removing herself from the Nameless Pharaoh's arm.
"Indeed."
Moka nodded, her eyes lowered to the ground, "Mm-hmm. But, look, if you need my help with anything, just tell me, 'kay?"
Normally, Yugi would say yes with no hesitation out of kindness. However, seeing as how Yami wasn't Yugi, but rather pretending to be Yugi, he didn't have much of a choice.
"Very well."
"Good. Because…" A faint blush worked its way up to Moka's cheeks, "You and I…"
"Is there something wrong, Moka?" Yami asked as he faced her.
"We're… umm… delicious…" Her eyes glazed over as Yami started to lean away, already predicted what was happening.
"No!" Kurumu landed in between Yami and Moka as her wings retracted.
"Listen, Moka, you've been sucking Yugi dry for the past week, not to mention your incessant need to be by him at all times! If you were any closer, he'd be wearing you!"
"Well, I haven't been feeding off of him too much, nor have I been getting any closer to him since we met…" Moka contemplated her friend's words as she put her finger up to her lips.
"Yeah, right! You must have if he practically passed out this morning in class!" Both girls turned to see if said boy had any say in the matter.
However, Yami had his eyes closed as he leaned on the railing more.
"See?!" Kurumu threw her arms out in his direction, "He's out of it again!"
"I'm fine, Kurumu." Yami stood up at his full height, meeting her eyes.
Kurumu had never really taken in his height before, but she now noted that he was slightly taller than both she and Moka.
"Although I appreciate your concern, my health is my own."
"Well, if you're feeling fine even after that, would you mind wasting some energy on me?" Kurumu got into a provocative pose.
"Love Charm!" She whispered.
However, Yami closed his eyes and then looked back at her.
"I thought you were through with your old tricks, Kurumu?" He asked as Moka strode forward to stand between them.
Kurumu recoiled in shock.
"I-"
She shut her mouth after seeing Moka's smirk, instead getting into a glaring contest.
(-)
It's weird, being here today instead of Yugi.
He usually deals with the girls, not me, Yami thought to himself as he carried a bin of recycled paper under his arm.
"You're him, aren't you? Yugi Muto?" A handsome young man stepped in his way.
"Yes. Who might you be?" Yami asked as he kept his eyes on the newcomer.
"Done with you!" He yelled. However, it had no effect on Yami, who didn't even blink.
"And why might that be?" His eyes narrowed.
"You're stealing our girls!" The guy yelled.
Yami heard a footstep from behind him.
"You and what army?" Yami set down the bin, opting to put his hand on his hip.
"Us!" Two others charged Yami from behind the same time as the guy in the front did.
He merely stepped to the side at the moment, causing the trio to slam into each other.
The Pharaoh threw his head back and laughed, the laughter spreading out through his body.
"You call that an attack? My, my, you three must be some of the brightest knives in the drawer, no?" Yami taunted them as he heard more footsteps.
"Yugi!" Kurumu exclaimed as she got close, followed by the other two girls.
"Kurumu, there you are. I was just teaching these buffoons a lesson how to properly be embarrassed." He looked back at the trio, who were now gone.
Or, at least, that was what he thought as he turned to see the handsome one tugging on Moka's skirt, the larger boy wrapped around Kurumu's waist, and the lanky guy rubbing his hands over Yukari.
Yami went to pull all three pervs off the girls, but before he could, Kurumu had kicked off hers, Moka had shoved the guy off of her, but Yukari still had hers on her.
"Hey!" Yami grabbed the guy's shirt with both hands, an angry look on his face.
"I see you like feeling up small girls… especially Yukari. How would you like when she disappears? Among other small girls?" The Millennium Puzzle glinted dangerously.
Yami gave a look of disgust as he threw the young man to the ground none too gently.
"Shadow Game, commence!" He waved his dramatically over the lanky boy.
"Y-Yukari? W-Where are y- oh. Oh, my! Hey, wait up! Get back here!" The guy ran off, his friends following him.
"Serves you right, you sleezebag." Yami gave a "hmph" before turning to the girls.
"What did you do, Yugi?" Yukari ran up to him, as did the other girls.
"I made see just what he wanted to see; young girls." Yami smirked, his eyes flicking over to Moka's rosary for the briefest of seconds.
The sunlight reflected off the ruby in the middle.
"Thank you, Yugi, but why were they trying to hurt you?" Moka asked, her face flooded with worry.
"Wait, that guy looked seriously familiar…" Kurumu noted as she put her eyes to the ground, then met Yami's.
"You think about that, and I'll deliver to Mr. Faun." The Egyptian ruler picked up the recycling bin and walked off to complete his task.
(-)
"Yami?" Yugi asked as he lifted his head from his pillow. The Millennium Puzzle was on the nightstand next to him.
He sighed and put his head back down.
"He'll catch me up to speed tomorrow." The King of Games assured himself as the sweet darkness fell over him.
(-)
"Hey, do you guys remember how I noticed that those guys looked familiar?" Kurumu asked the others as they sat around Yugi, who was sitting on a desk.
"Yeah! One of them had been following me around, taking pictures. I caught him in the hallway, where he didn't even have the decency to hide." A comically large vein throbbed on Yukari's forehead as she spoke.
"Me too! I was picking out some new perfumes when the big guy was staring at me." Kurumu shivered.
"He's such a creep…"
"Yeah…" Moka agreed, her cheeks ablaze.
"I'm glad that I fended them off before they did any real harm." Yugi locked eyes with Yami, who nodded.
"We can kick their asses if they try anything on us. But…" Kurumu got Yugi's attention, "I know that you can take care of yourself, it's just that I worry…"
Yugi gave a light laugh. "I appreciate it, Kurumu, but I'm perfectly fine."
"Maybe we should talk to a teacher about this…" Moka trailed off as she announced her suggestion.
"No need! If we all just stick together, we'll be fine." Kurumu said confidently.
"But none of our schedules match!" Moka put out the idea.
What do you think, Yami? Yugi asked the still silent older teen.
"Hmm… sticking together would be wise. While I know that none of you could say together all the time, you could try to be in pairs. For example, Kurumu and Moka would work well together due to their power being great. Yukari would stick with you, and then alternate to Moka. Repeating this process would lower the chance of an attack. However, to maximize this strategy, you'd have to take out-of-way routes where you wouldn't normally go, in order to throw off the boys. Then switch back to your normal routes, then take a more direct route. It's just a simple matter of rinse and repeat." Yami put his finger to his mouth as he thought.
-en we'll get 'em when they're not looking. It'll be like two turds with one bone! Ya-hoo-hoo!" Kurumu smirked.
"What you meant to say was two birds with one stone…" Yukari muttered under her breath.
"Oh, erm… sounds like a plan?" Yugi said, unsure.
"Then it's decided! We'll use you as bait to lure in the bigger dish!" Kurumu stated proudly.
"What?!" Yugi exclaimed.
(-)
"In position." Yugi called out to the girls, who were in hiding.
"Ready for this, Yami?" He asked his older half.
Yami gave a confident nod, his smirk going full-blast.
"Ready as I'll ever be, Yugi."
"Who you talking to, chump? Your imaginary friend?" The handsome guy was back, along his two other cronies.
"We don't know where you're planning to do to our girls…" The chubby started.
"But you're off the school grounds now, so that means we're free to teach you a lesson!" The lanky ended.
"Okay."
Yugi let Yami take over as they uttered their signature war cry in perfect sync.
"Yu-Gi-Oh!"
"So, now that I'm transformed, let's see you do the same." Yami put his hand on his hip.
"Fine!" They yelled.
The chubby one turned even bidder, though now he had no face, the lanky one's neck grew, and the handsome one turned into… a come with an eye.
Yami laughed.
"If that's the best you can do, you're in for a sore awakening." He threatened, before jerking his head to the side.
"Oh, girls…" He called out in a sing-song voice.
"About time!" Kurumu landed from out of the trees, whereas Yukari lifted her cloaking spell.
Moka stepped out from behind Yami, transformed.
"You can say that again!" She flipped her hair from in front of her shoulder to her back.
"Now, let's kick some ass." Kurumu dove, Moka went in in for a kick, and Yukari started chanting.
Yami stood there, watching it unravel.
He twirled a lock of golden hair as he smirked, his eyes wandering over to where Moka was kicking the crap out of the umbrella guy.
"Gah!" The lanky let out a cry as they were all driven into the side of the hill, just like Saizo.
"If that's all you've got, I should've stayed in the rosary." Moka glared at them.
"I agree." Yami yawned.
"We're not done yet! See us now in our true form! Coalition, form the Amalgam Attack!" The leader cried out.
They transformed, becoming a giant blob with arms and legs, a mouth on its stomach, and finally gaining eyes.
"I'll take it from here, girls." Yami announced as he strode up to them.
"Better you than me, Yami." Moka whispered into his ear.
"Hmph." He shrugged, looking for the right card.
"No, that won't do…" He murmured to himself as the creature charged him.
"Ah, here we are." Yami held the card up in front of him.
"Red Eyes Black Dragon Chick!"
The dragon flew from the card, landing in front of Yami.
"Sakuretsu Armor!" The dragonet became covered in spiky metal armor just as the Coalition Monster attacked it.
The resulting shockwave sent the monster flying back several yards.
"Now, I sacrifice Red Eyes Black Dragon Chick to pave the way for…" Yami held up another card, "Red Eyes Black Dragon!"
The chick shattered, then the shards came back together to form the Red Eyes.
"It is said that the Red Eyes has enough power to match the Blue Eyes." The King of Duelists announced, now fully absorbed in the battle.
"Now, Red Eyes," the Coalition Monster charged again, "Fire Inferno Blast!"
The dragon shot a fireball at it, sending it flying up in the air.
"Your turn, Moka." Yami told her, now yawning once more.
"My pleasure!" She delivered her signature kick, shouting her catchphrase.
"Know your place!"
"Not bad." Yami commented as he once again twirled a lock of hair.
"You held back and drew out the fight. Why?" Moka wasted no time.
"Why, I must give my fans a show, do I not?" He smirked.
"Wipe that smirk off your face, Yugi. You look obnoxious." Moka scoffed at him.
"You do the same thing." Yami fired back.
"I wear it better." She snatched the rosary from him, "Oh, and Yugi?"
"Hmm?"
"I'll take you up on that offer." The bus came into view.
The rosary was put back on.
"Very well." Yami smiled to himself.
"Need something while I'm here, kid?" The bus driver asked as he opened the door.
"Just for you to deliver this message for me." Yami gave him an envelope.
"Alright. Later, kid." The bus rolled away.
"Don't leave…" Moka whispered in her sleep.
Yugi took control. "I won't."
(-)
"It took a bit longer than expected, but I'm happy to announce that we now have a phone to call your families from, class!" Nekonome stated.
An excited wave of whispering went through the class.
Awesome! Yugi thought to himself.
"Indeed, Yugi." Yami agreed as he eyed the person behind Yugi.
"What are you looking a-"
"You smell good."
"Gah! But we're in the middle of class!"
Yami gave a hearty laugh.
(-)
"Yes?" Yugi opened his door slightly as someone knocked.
"Hey, Yugi." Moka smiled.
"Oh, Moka! Hey!" Yugi opened the door and let her in.
"I wanted to talk. Both of me." She announced, sitting down on his bed.
"Oh, okay. What about?" His shock passed quickly.
"Well…" Moka began.
Hello, my loyal, unpaid interns! I hope you liked this chapter.
Now, I know I haven't uploaded in a while, but I have a good reason: Netflix took off Rosario+Vampire, so I had no way of getting the episodes.
Anyways, I'll try to upload more often. Have a good day/night, and know that Harry cries about his dead parents! (Try to figure out that reference.)