Chapter 3. Will Yami and Shelen meet here? Or will he remain in the shadows for a while longer?
Yami: Aren't YOU the narrator?
What's your point?
Shelen: Just write so people can hear more!
Ok, ok! Sheesh...
*Ahem* Anyway this is ch. 3 and thank you again for reviewing people. And thank you Ali Ami Umi for telling me what the eye symbol was and how to spell spaghetti :)
Note: Don't hate me for making Shelen's outfit look a lot like Yugi's. I had origianally made her with black leather pants and a black sleeveless shirt before I even knew YGO and FMA existed. Believe me if you want or don't believe me. Either way I am not trying to make her a Sue. Ok I'll shut up now._
Chapter 3: Lesson 2; Attempt Murder is Uncalled for
Shelen was growing used to her new life without Ushiro bothering her about bullies. She still had no idea what had happened but accepted the odd absence as Ushiro had been taken to the hospital saying nonsense like 'make it go away' or 'I'm sorry'. Though Shelen still had trouble with the other bullies it was less so since rumor had it it was her doing that Ushiro had gone insane.
At the moment Shelen was reading a resent manga she had ordered on the internet. It was almost impossible to get mangas in English from Japan, after all.
I sometimes wonder why I even bother to read English. I live in Japan for the love of-
Suddenly her thoughts were interupted by something hard hitting the desk. Shelen looked up to see Jazz standing with a broad grin on her face.
"Hey, Sheely!" Jazz greeted with enthusiasm.
"Hey, Jazz," Shelen smiled politely, "I thought for sure you would steal my manga."
"Which is it this time?" Jazz asked as she puuled up a seat and straddled it resting her chin on her arms and waiting for a reply.
"Well actually it's about this kid that finds this ancient artifact and then later realizes it holds dark magic in it. So he goes on this journey with his friends and trying to help the spirit in the artifact to find a way to rest in peace." Shelen explained as she lifted the manga up to show Jazz the cover. It had a boy that was holding a pendant of some sort in his hands where it was floating and behind the boy was a shadow with a demonic look to it.
"Creepy." Jazz stated. Then Daren and Kyla walked up to them and Shelen retold the story of the manga she had been reading to them.
"Hey in this one there's a bully that get's eaten by moths after losing a game of 'Go Fish'!" Jazz said laughing. Shelen raised an eyebrow but saw the rather graphic drawing of an ugly looking guy being swormed by moths and then on the next panel a woman with frightening looking eyes grinning evilly at the victim.
"This is what happens when you play the 'shadow games.'" Shelen read. She then suddered, something about that name seemed somehow familiar. She tried to think on what it was but then the bell rang and classes began.
...
After school Shelen went to hang out with her new friends and enjoy life again. They went to the arcade and played around there for a while. They then went to the Burger King near the arcade and once entering they were met with a suprise. It wasn't even full.
"That's weird. Probably just something about it being slow these days." Jazz shrugged.
It truely was weird for such a popular teen hangout to be nearly empty.
"Aw well. C'mon, since Sheely's new she'll pay." Jazz said then Shelen turned to her in disbelief.
"Hey, no fair!" She whined.
"Sorry, Shelen but that's the rules. New members pay for lunch." Kyla said truly sounding sorry. Shelen pouted and glared in annoyance.
"Fine." She then pulled her wallet from her back pocket and lifted it to pull out the amount of money she'd spend. She then looked up to ask what everyone wanted but stopped when they stared at her strangely.
"What?" She asked.
"You keep your wallet in your BACK pocket?" Jazz asked.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well don't you worry someon'll pickpocket you?"
"Not really, I look like a guy mostly anyway pluss it isn't easy for many people to get to it."
"How come."
"Another reason most think I'm gay is because I wear tight leather pants." Shelen explained. The others looked at her weird again then shook it off.
"Alright anyway, what does everyone want?" Shelen asked.
"Well we usually each get the combo with large fries and a slush." Jazz explained then by memory recited the orders she and the other two would usually get. Shelen gaped and a small chibi version of herself in a thought bubble was holding an upside down wallet with a dollar bill with angel wings and a halo floating up and away. Anime tears streaming down the chibi Shelen's face.
"You get all that?" Jazz asked. Shelen just stood stunned.
"Here, I'll pay instead." Daren sudgested and stepped forward with his own wallet.
"Ya sure, Daren? Don't let her go even softer than she is now." Jazz warned giving Shelen a teasing look.
"No, I'll pay. You need to quit your gluttonous habits anyway." Daren replied.
"What was that?" Jazz growled, a bright red blood vein pulsing on her forehead and a sweatbeed forming on Daren's cheek as he looked at her nervously. Shelen was blushing at the comment about her being too soft.
"Well thanks, Daren." Shelen smiled politely then told them she was going to go to the bathroom.
She walked away from the group and passed a man that looked rather mean. She paid no mind to him and kept walking. He then glanced at her and his eyes narrowed a bit.
"Hey, faggot!" The man called causing Shelen to freeze. She winced and turned around only to be punched in the face.
"People like you aren't allowed around here!" The man spat.
"Hey!" Jazz yelled and took a swing at the guy, "What proof do you have that that guy is gay?"
"Yeah! Do you see anyone with Shen that could be the his lover?" Daren snapped.
Shelen had asked the gang to continue to call her a boy in public so she would be less of a target for unwanted attention. But it still earned her rude comments and got her into fights.
"I don't need proof!" The man snapped at them then pulled out a gun. Shelen gasped as the man pointed the gun at her.
"Rest in Hell, bastard." The man said. Jazz then kicked him. The man fell and dropped the gun but he wasn't alone. More people grabbed guns and the man at the register pulled out his as well. Daren and Kyla ran to Shelen to help her up.
"You want to die too, redhead?" The man on the ground asked angrily. He then stood and everyone put their hands above their heads.
"Nobody tries to escape. Nobody get's hurt! Got it?" The leader demanded. The gang nodded reluctantly. The man then pointed his gun back to Daren and Kyla. Shelen was gone.
"Where'd the faggot go?" The leader said angrily but the gang was just as confused.
"You should really watch your language, sir." A baritone voice spoke. Everyone turned to the shadows to see a young man about a year older than the other teens, standing there. He walked forward and they saw his features more clearly.
He had spikey black hair highlighted red then purple near the end. Blond bangs framed the sides of his face and stuck up a bit as though defying gravity by a few inches. Three streaks of the bangs stuck up into the hair.
His crimson red eyes glinted with dark emmotions of amusement. He also wore a black muscle shirt and black leather pant. Around his neck was the millenium puzzle.
"Who the hell are you?" The gunman asked as he looked at the teen.
"Just call me Yami." Yami replied with a smirk. The man with the gun glared.
"How about we play a little game." Yami sudgested.
"A game?"
"Sit down and I will explain the rules." Yami said. The two then sat.
"Alright kid, now what?" The gun man asked.
"This is a game on survival. Choose a finger you will use then that is the only finer you can use." Yami said.
"Alright, then I choose this finger." The man gestured his index finger, "Cause it's the only one I need to kill you by pulling this trigger."
"Very well, I choose my thumb then." Yami said and showed the man his thumb.
"Now what?"
"The game begins."
The two sat for a few minutes then the man frowned. He had forgotten to light his cigarett he had been using.
"Aw shoot, forgot to light my cigar." The man cursed as he poured his Sake. Yami lifted his hand and used his thumb to flick open the top of a lighter. The man grinned evilly as Yami calmly moved his hand to light the cigarett.
Soon as this guy lights my cig, I'll blast him into next week. The gun man thought as Yami lit the cigarett. He then deliberately dropped the lighter onto the hand the man was using to pour the drink he had.
"How clumsy of me." Yami said then sat back and waited.
"What was that all about?" The gun man asked.
"You want to shoot me, fine. Go ahead and pull the trigger. But if you do be warned that your hand will shake from the reaction and the lighter will land on the alcohol in your drink. Then boom." Yami explained as though it were as simple as the weather.
"Wha?" The gun man tried to move his hand but the arm wouldn't move. All he could move was his index finger but he wouldn't pull the trigger.
"I believe I win." Yami said then stood up and walked away. He knew the result and did not wish to be at the table when the time came.
As he walked away he heard the man scream and could imagine him clutching his arm writhing in imaginary pain. The others stared at him like he was crazy as Yami walked away.
...
Yami returned to the house that his host lived in. He walked up the stairs and then stopped. He frowned. Within the puzzle he had seen his host's life. It was filled with abuse and bullies, being judged for no apparent reason other than that they thought his host was gay. Then he wondered. Why hadn't he merely taken over his host's body. Why did he take on the form of his former partner again?
Soon, He promised himself, I shall have a talk with my host.
Ok this was the last Shadow Game that was in the actual show I will use. I promise.
Also the manga Shelen had in the beginning was a messed up version of the YGO manga where I purposefully changed a lot of things such as the Yami character's gender cause of reasons revealed later.
And lastly as all of you should know; Burger King is not my restraunt (XD), I just used it in the story since this can never be published. :P
Shelen: And luckily Yami will stop being a pycho and act more civil.
Yami: I act civil!
NFxHL: Get away from the computer you two!
Shelen: *runs away* Abuse!
Yami: *also runs* Run away!
NFxHL: *chases them* Get back here!
Yugi: Um...The next update will be soon hopefully ^^;
