Tadashi's Notes

1~ Almost every single review from chapter three was talking about Yuugi's boxers. O.o To explain: I just decided it'd be funny. I came up with idea spontaneously, and I thought it'd be a great thing to have. Now leave me alone!

2~ 53 reviews~~! ^.^ In just 3 chapters! That's kinda amazing, isn't it? *swells with pride*

Yami: Wow, you're so full of it, you're gonna pop.

-_-; *ignores Yami* Cookie for multi-colored lollipop, my dear, darling 50th reviewer, and cherry suckers for everyone else! *passes them around* And if you don't like cherry, then too bad! :D

3~ This chapter is dedicated to two of my friends! To Taryn, who had an unfortunate mishap with a physics test a week ago and I'm hoping this'll make her feel better, and to Difinity, whose birthday it is today ^_^ Happy Birthday, girl~!

4~ Also, I've gotten a lot of reviews saying that ff.n said they already reviewed the chapter. Tip: just keep pressing the "submit review" button. It'll work, don't worry.

5~ I have 3 new muses! They're all frogs, but I love them all very much ^_^ Introducing Froggy, Ty, and Count Bexi.

Froggy: Greetings.

Ty: This place smells…

Count Bexi: Jupiter!

Froggy is, well, a frog, like the name implys. It is my muse of comedy, and well loved wherever he goes.

Ty's an evil frog, kind of like Froggy's yami. He doesn't really say nice things, and his favorite quote is, "Yami's hair is shaped like a marijuana leaf."

Yami: O.O;;

Ty: It is!

Count Bexi is my last muse. He chose his own, very original name. However, the only words he can say are, "Jupiter" and "Cheesecake".

Bexi: CCCCCHHHEEEEEAAAAASSSEEEEECCCAAAAAAKKEEEEE!!!!! ^,-,^

6~ These chapters seem kinda slow moving. Nothing's really gone on that's exciting or such. I have a reviewer, Maverick, who was kind enough to tell me that. Anyway, I realized this, and after a bit of analyzation, can explain that. *points down*

The current chapters seem slow, but only because I'm taking the time to build up the caracters (ie: give them a bit of a self-intro and a personality), because, frankly, this story contains a lot of OOC-ness, if I compare it to the animé. Anyway, nothing really relevant to the story is going to be happening until the next chapter. It's going to be like, this big boom and the story really plunges into action. So, be patient until the next chapter. I promise, you will all be like, O.O

~ Now, onto the AN's and fic! ~

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Yami: *girlish scream*

Tadashi: *speeds over* Did I hear a little girl scream?!

Ty: BLOOD!

Yami: *is on his knees in tears*

Yuugi: *is lying on the floor with a bloody hatchet in his head*

Yami: What have I done?! He was so young! I'm his guardian! Why, Ra, could I not protect him from such a horrible death~?!?! *sobs*

Tadashi: Yuugi, get off the floor and stop bleeding. We have a disclaimer to do.

Yuugi: But my head wound… *points at it*

Tadashi: I think I liked last week's stunt better, when you ground up the fake hand in the garbage disposal to get out of doing the disclaimer.

Bexi: Cheesecake?

Yuugi: *sits up and takes the hatchet out of his head, which was fastened to the back of his head with a strap* Fine, you caught me. But it could happen some day. *glares at Bakura*

Bakura: I'll be sure to remember that ^^

Yuugi: .;

Tadashi: Now, move it. Off with thine shirts.

Yami and Yuugi: *sigh and remove their shirts*

Tadashi: ^,-,^

Ty: Ew! No one wants to see that!

Bexi: Jupiter!

Yami: Hey! How come he doesn't have to do this?! *points at Bakura*

Bakura: This policy doesn't extend to me. I own a "Get-Out-Of-Tadashi-Torture-Free Card."

Yami: … How much to get that?

Bakura: *smirks* More than you can afford ^_^

Yami: T_T

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Yami and Yuugi: Tadashi doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh, and if she did, she'd be very rich, have her own limo and her own league of servants.

Yuugi: Seems to me like you possess all these luxuries already…

Yami: Now can we put our shirts back on? It's January and it's –20 outside!

Tadashi: Go for it… after you flex for the audience.

Yami and Yuugi: NO!

Tadashi: Oh well… Happy (VERY belated) New Year anyway, guys! I tried… ^^;

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All It Takes

By Tadashi

Chapter 4: Jealousy Builds Up

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(PS: I'd like to remind everyone that the story is forever in Yuugi's POV until further notice).

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My holidays were weird. Here, it'd be best if I explained:

Well, on Christmas Eve, Jou talked Kaiba into hosting a Christmas party (I don't even want to know what promises were made.) So, after getting all these decorations and caterings and such, a bunch of rowdy teenagers invaded the home of Seto Kaiba. (Me, Tea, Jou, Ryou and Bakura, (someone Ryou invited). Tristan brought his friend Otogi and Jou brought his little sister, Serenity. Finally, the 'piece de résistance', Malik and Marik (I hadn't met them before). Kaiba's little brother Mokuba was at the party too (only because Jou convinced Kaiba to let him stay).

(AN: Okay, normally, Yuugi knows all these people. However, this is my fic, and I say that knowing all these people before the party wasn't necessary! ^_^V)

So, to sum things up, Kaiba had 7 normal people, 3 homocidal-looking maniacs, and an eleven-year-old to contend with that evening.

The party went along okay, up until the part where Tea suggested we play spin-the-bottle.

Now, I'm not entirely opposed to watching spin-the-bottle, but actually taking part in it is a whole different story. Don't forget I've never had my first kiss here, people, and I'd kinda like it to be special, and not the obligation of some old beer bottle.

So I did what any other red-blooded person in my situation would do… I told everyone I had highly contagious mouth rabies and sat myself on the couch. It was far enough from the circle, but I had a very decent view from over there.

The game started off innocently enough, but when Malik, one of Ryou's friends, spun the bottle and it landed at Ryou, you can be sure that Bakura voiced a complaint loud enough to wake the dead.

I was laughing on the inside at Bakura's jealousy.

Ryou then said something to Bakura, who suddenly became oddly quiet and very, very contented.

I must remember to ask my dear darling friend Ryou what kind of erotic plans Bakura had been promised.

Oh, come on. Half of us already know he's no virgin. I have to hand it to him, though. Ryou certainly knows a lot of weird people.

Halfway through Malik and Ryou's kiss, the tree suddenly lurched forward, crashing to the floor. It was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen.

People shreiked and jumped either up or into someone's arms and/or lap. Mokuba fell to the floor in utter surprise.

Many lightbulbs and decorations were either shattered or sent flying across the floor.

The plug keeping the tree lit was fiercely yanked out, leaving a big sparking mess in the outlet, frizzing and flickering loudly. Everyone gathered around to look. Jou became inticed with the sparks and he declared it the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. No sooner had that been said when a loud, frazzly, crackling explosion in the outlet sent the mansion into a blackout.

Ryou's …friend… Bakura said that that was the funniest disaster he'd ever seen.

Ryou's kissing partner Malik wondered why the tree hadn't yet burst into flames.

I said that that was a terrible omen, and that the cosmic forces dwelling in Kaiba's mansion are very direct on their warpath of romance destruction.

Jou said he barely understood a word I said.

Kaiba frowned and said, "Fucking Christmas trees. Waste of time, money, and patience."

Mokuba, thankfully, didn't hear his brother cuss.

What a night.

Ryou better be elated that I couldn't murder him; Bakura had his arms wrapped around Ryou all night.

And here I thought it'd be fun to have a Christmas murder.

Oh, well.

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Yami snickered. I'd just told him the same story. He sipped his coffee, looking quite amused.

"Too bad I missed it," he said.

"No, it's a good thing you weren't there, trust me." I assured him. Even I didn't want to be there, but I went just for laughs.

Yami looked thoughtful for a moment before he said, "So, you've never had your first kiss?"

That caught me by surprise. I could feel the heat rising, because I'd never told anyone that before. "No."

Yami grinned, leaning back in his chair. "That's good to know."

I suddenly felt overtaken by paranoia. "What? Why is that good?"

Yami shrugged. "I don't know. I'm stating a fact."

The paranoia grew. "Yami!"

"Hn?"

"… Oh, nevermind."

I didn't really put up much of a fight there, much to my surprise. Trust me, if Ryou knew of this, he'd automatically put together some crackpot theory that Yami was planning on kissing me or something along those lines.

… Ooh…

Damnit, Ryou has forever poisoned my brain.

A movement behind Yami attracts my attention.

Someone in a big, black overcoat has seated themselves behind Yami, and I can see them glancing this way constantly.

Now, someone can tell me why someone is stalking our coffee break?

Yami and I high-tailed it out of there as fast as possible. I couldn't tell if the hooded figure followed us.

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"Yami?"

"Hm?"

"You know so much about me, yet I know so little about you."

"Yeah, and?"

"I don't know… I figured you could tell me about your family or something." I was kind of amazed, because when Ryou asked me to tell him a bit about Yami this morning, I was completely clueless.

Ryou shamed me for not knowing anything about him, and for being in love based on looks. I flicked bits of eraser at him for the rest of the day, and half of it got stuck in his hair. It was funny when Jou picked out a piece and declared that Ryou had lice. Ryou, of course, freaked out and we all enjoyed a good laugh at his expense.

"Well, it's just me and my parents. Dad's usually away on buisness trips and Mom, well, she works, so I don't really get to see her that much. I mostly spend time with my friends."

There, something good to know. "What're they like?"

"Well… they're not quite your genre."

Yami knew French?

"What do you mean, exactly?" I was curious to know.

Yami sighed, sitting on a bench. I backed up and into the space next to him. From this bench, we had a view of Domino's only river. We call it Domino River (how original). The current was at a steady pace today.

"Well, we just do things that aren't exactly appropriate, I guess."

That sparked my attention fully. "Like what?" I felt a bit of mischeviousness in my voice when I asked that question.

"Some of us go drugs and smoke," he replied.

"What kind of drugs?" Now, I can get schooled, because I've never really talked or heard about them that much.

"Pot, Marijuana, Weed. All that stuff, you know."

Wow. How very descriptive he is. "Do you take that stuff?" Now is as good a time as any to know these things.

Yami shook his head. "I did try to smoke a bit of something-or-other, but it really wasn't for me."

"I'm glad you made a good choice," I stated firmly.

"Me, too," he replied.

"And what else do your friends do?"

"One of them is a male prostitute."

This really snagged my attention, and I burst out laughing. I really have to hand it to Yami here; even if he made the right choice about not smoking, his taste in friends is really something I could never have.

"I'm hoping I've never seen him on the street." I hope that that's true.

"Actually, he said he saw someone that looked like me on the street, and he mistook them for me, so he called out to them. It turns out it was you in the end."

Oh my God! That guy on the street mistook me for Yami?!

~ Flashback ~

I pass by a motel thingee, and a couple of thugs are standing outside of it. One of them looks at me and calls out, "Hey baby, lookin for a good time?" I just keep walking, but I turn red as I hear one of them call out after me, "Hey, nice ass!" And several howling noises ensue.

~ End of flashback ~

That was just before I stopped for ice cream and met Yami! This city is one hell of a small place.

"Oh, man. I can't believe that was one of your friends!" I exclaim. Yami nods.

"I couldn't believe it, either."

A need-to-know thought crosses my mind. "You're not a male prostitute, are you, Yami?"

Yami smirked impishly. "Just what are you implying?"

I feel a faint blush coming on. "Nothing! I wasn't accusing you of –"

"Uh-huh. Of course not, Yuugi."

"Really, I'm not!" I'm very flustered now.

Yami makes a small, pff-ing noise and begins to stare at me. At first, I don't mind, but it makes me really uncomfortable quickly, so I ask, "Should I stand up for inspection, captain?"

Yami chuckles. "No, but if you want to, you may."

Just to humor him, I stand up, and salute him like a soldier. "Ready for inspection, sir!"

Yami chuckled some more.

"MARIJUANA!" That was the shout of someone behind us.

"Huh?" Yami and I said in unison, turning around to see who said that.

A man came running, but stopped when he reached the bench. He pointed at Yami and declared, "Dude! Your hair is shaped like a marijuana leaf!"

Yami looked completely dumbfounded. "What…?"

The guy looked at me and said, "And yours is, too! Only it's less colorful than that guy's." That guy indicating Yami. The guy ran away. "Take care, marijuana dudes!"

Now, that was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen.

Just as I took my seat next to Yami again, I heard a loud crack, like a treebranch snapping, and a thud, as if someone had fallen out of the tree and landed on the ground.

"Should we go see what happened?" I inquired.

"Nah." Yami replied shortly. Guess not… I'm hoping it was the hooded figure from the coffee shop or some other idiot like that.

After a moment of silence, I spoke up. "I guess I should get going, now…" I stood up.

Yami stood up, too. "Alright. I'll walk you to the bus stop."

"Surprisingly, you don't need to announce it. We've been doing the same thing ever since we met." This is true.

Yami nodded, and I thought I saw him falter a bit. It almost seemed like he was embarrassed or something…

I suddenly felt warmth on my hand. Turning to Yami, I saw that he was holding my hand.

"Do you mind?" he inquires, faintly sounding shy.

"N-no. Go for it."

So, Yami tightened his grip.

I could've died just now. In fact, I think I did.

While standing at the bus stop, Yami's hand never did leave mine. I also didn't realize, but I was incredibly red again, and my ears were in pain from all the blood in them.

I suddenly wonder if I should tell Ryou about this. I quickly decide against it, lest he spread it around or prod me continuously.

The bus finally arrived, bringing this horrendously long timespan to a quick close.

"Bye, Yami. I'll see you soon." I'm about to hop the bus, but I'm stopped when Yami pulls me into a sudden hug.

Insert blubbery noise here. My heart is going to explode!

After he let me go, I looked up at him, and he looked down at me. For the first time in my life, I don't know what to say!

BEEP~! The bus horn jolted us both back to reality.

"See you!" I quickly board the bus, climbing into the nearest seat available, because my legs aren't quite that strong right now. As the bus pulls away, I give Yami a small wave. He does the same. I can't help but feel a warm, cozy feeling inside me, and it makes me wonder…

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!

~*~ To Be Continued ~*~

Yuugi: *looks at Tadashi* You know, I hear there are two works man can see from the moon.

Tadashi: Oh?

Yuugi: Ya. The Great Wall of China, and you trying to get me together with Yami.

Bakura: Oh, how sweet… *pretends to vomit*

Inuyasha: Sexy.

Bakura: O.O;;

Tadashi: Okay, I see your point, Yuugi. But I didn't know what else to put in the chapter! Have mercy on me! T_T

Yuugi: Yami can have mercy on you… if he wants.

Yami: *just strolled in* What?

Tadashi: *to Yami* I don't know if you noticed, but I was, um, trying to get you together with Yuugi.

Yami: *overly exaggerated tone* Really?! Is that what you've been doing? I didn't notice! *smirks* Because my head was encased in a block of wax.

Tadashi: I merit that, but seriously, lay off! I just wanted to write some fluff… T_T

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Review Thank-Yous

To Diamondelle: Yes, I enjoyed the boxer scene. One of my better ideas, really ^_^ Glad I was a good source of entertainment for ya.

To Y-n-Y: lol, don't worry. The site does that to me too all the time. And I'll have another update every month. Leave me be ~_~ PS: How do YOU know Ryou was telling the truth? Eh, eh?!

To KittKat: Sounds like you had a Yu-Gi-Oh x-mas and can you tell me where the hell I can find those sheets with Yami's face on the pillow? T_T injustice…

To Solei Moon: I'm writing, I'm writing. Glad you like ^^

To Miyako Cairo: Fish. Yuumy! I mean… aw… *whispers to Dias* pass the salt… lol, I'm writing.

To Taryn: (Your name wasn't in the review. O.o Thank God for people who sign their names at the bottom of the review.) I'm glad I was entertaining, once again. And you'd better update soon; it's been forever!

To DigiDudette: Glad you like ^^

To Hime no Ichigo: hehe ^_^ Yes, I do find Yuugi funny, but it's more of a sarcastic humor. Yami's just flat-out hilarious XD And in ths fic, Yuugi's doing lots of things none of us ever expected o.o

To Shining December: How I wish something of mine would go down in history. *shrugs* Oh well.

To Miami-chan: *salutes* Watch me update!

To Akuma Malick: lol. Hard work, my ass. Glad you like me updates. You need to update, though ~_~

To Maverick: You are 100% correct. And don't worry; no offense taken.

To darkshadow-23: Ooh, that sux. *boots ff.n with mountain climber shoes*

To Strawberry: *catches the drift* Will do, cap'n.

To multi-colored lollipop: Wow, it's like you can see right through me, despite the fact that people keep telling me I make a better wall than a window… *hands you a cookie for being the 50th reviewer* Thanx~! ^_^

To Vada via cretino: Cute? You think this cute?! This isn't supposed to be cute… At least it's brilliant and funny ^_^ Hentai Ryou! I love that story! *mega drool*

To ClearConfusion: Thanx, and don't worry, I'mma typing, leave me be ~_~

To Plusle and Minun: Ya, it was about freckin time… ~_~ And yes, I know it's taking long, but I have it under control, really.

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Luvvies,

-Tadashi