Kurisuten: So, I started typing this... early? Yeah, early.
Kishichi: Earlier than the other chapters when you started them.
Kurisuten: Yup.
Kishichi: So, you know how you said that you like the pairings between Ryou, Bakura, Marik, and Malik last chapter?
Kurisuten: Yup.
Kishichi: What exact pairings do you like between Yuugi, Yami, Bakura, Ryou, Marik, and Malik?
Kurisuten: Hmm... definatelly YuugixYami, BakuraxRyou, MarikxMalik, YuugixRyou, BakuraxMalik, BakuraxMarik, RyouxMalik, and maybe a little of YamixMarik and YamixBakura.
Kishichi: ...That's almost every pairing.
Kurisuten: Yup.
Kishichi: Oh yeah, and Shecka told me to tell you that Ritsuka's cat ears are finally gone-
Kurisuten: YES!
Kishichi: -but Soubi won't let him come back.
Kurisuten: Damn. Oh well! Disclaimer, Kishichi!
Kishichi: Yup! Kurisuten Yamichi Ichikish does not own YuGiOh, any of it's characters, songs used for the chapter titles, or any references made.
Kurisuten: Not bad for your first disclaimer.
Kishichi: Thanks!
Kurisuten: This WILL be a short chapter! And Yami's hardly in it, if at all! You've been warned. Chapter start!
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It was the next morning, and Yami didn't have to drag me out of bed to get me up. I woke up at 5:30 (and actually remembered to turn the alarm on...) and was out the door in time to get to school. Nothing much, really. No big introductions.
But, if you're wondering what had happened yersterday at Yami's house when Ryou, Bakura, and I visited, Bakura ended up watching South Park (in High Definition) and the rest of us just talked in Yami's room. And he put a shirt back on, damn him. And I haven't got to meet Malik yet. But hey, I'll live!
It was my second hour class, and I was already falling asleep. I mean, how are you supposed to pay attention to some stupid lecture about how to make a proof about angles? You really can't. Me and Ryou had chosen two seats next to each other, though, and were passing notes as the teacher's back as turned. Subjects went from how boring this class was, how the teacher looks like a fat turtle, and deciding who was more insane, Marik or Bakura. We still can't decide.
As I was writing a reply to what Ryou wrote ('Oh come on, Marik probably eats babies!'), the classroom door opened, and a student wearing the card all student-office aides wear walked through the rows of desks to the turtle- I mean, the teacher. He handed it to him, and walked out of the room again. The teacher read through the paper before looking up and said, "Yuugi Mutou, you're going home."
I looked over at Ryou, exchanging a quick glance of confusion, before gathering all of the papers on my desk and walking to the front of the room to grab the paper and use it as a pass to get through the hallways. I walked back to my desk, grabbed my backpack, and swiftly passed my reply to Ryou and walked out of the class.
I arrived at the office and immediately saw a tall man with platinum blonde hair, the smallest shirt I have ever seen, and the tightest pants I've seen as well. He glanced at me, and I noticed his eyes were lavender. He reminded me of Marik. Was this Malik?
The office attendant looked at me and nodded. I made a small nod back before following the Marik-look-alike out the door and out of the school. He didn't look at me, but I looked up at him, studying his appearence. Despite his wardrobe, he still had the face of a child. He was... interesting, to say the least. He walked towards a red, shiny car that looked pretty expensive. He pulled some cars keys out of the pocket of his pants (how does anything fit in those pants?!) and unlocked the car before opening the door and climbing in. I followed his example and both car doors shut.
"So, you're Yuugi?" he asked me.
I nodded quickly. "Y-yeah."
He looked at me, studying my face features and whatnot. Finally, he nodded. "I'm Malik."
I figured as much. "O-oh, okay. Nice to meet you."
Malik smiled. "You too."
I pulled the seatbelt over myself and put it in the buckle just next to the seat. "I didn't think you could drive."
Malik put the keys in the ignition. "I can. I just don't have my licence."
Is this the part where I get scared and freak out? "Y-you don't?"
"Nope," he replied, starting the car and backing out of the parking lot. "But I have a fake one if anyone pulls the car over. Which I highly doubt."
I'm guessing he doesn't go over the speed limit then. Or at least with a short person in the car.
"So, I heard that you liked Yami," Malik stated. I looked at him, but he had his eyes on the road.
"F-from who?"
"Bakura. But he said he got it from Ryou, who got it from you."
I really wish Ryou didn't trust Bakura so much.
"But it's true, isn't it?" Malik asked. The car stopped at a stoplight, and Malik looked to me and waited for a reply. I looked down at the floor by my feet. Eventually, I slowly nodded. Malik hummed. "Ah, I knew it." The car drove forward again. It was silent for a little bit. No words from me or Malik. But, after two minutes, Malik asked me, "So, you hungry at all? It's no problem, really."
I shook my head. "No, thank you."
"If you say so," Malik laughed. Okay, so maybe he's not that insane.
I decided to ask Malik a few questions. "So, is this your car? Because it's really nice."
"Nah, it's Marik's. I drive motorcycles more than cars. But I like to speed a lot on them, and I didn't want to accidently kill you, you know?" Malik explained.
"Yeah, I get it."
The car finally pulled into a driveway. I recognized the house as Ryou's. The car stopped and Malik and me stepped out of the car and walked towards the house. The door had been unlocked, and we walked inside. Malik turned to me and said, "You can stay here until school gets out. Your grandpa would think you ditched if you came home now, right?"
I nodded. "Thank you."
"No problem." He walked into the hall and into a doorway. The door shut, and I was alone in Ryou's house with Malik. I have a lot of questions to ask him, but I can't remember the questions. Why would he take me out of school for nothing? There's no way it was just to meet me. He could have met me after school! So what was the real reason?
I walked to the couch and sat down, not turning the television on or moving. I just sat there, staring at the floor. What was the purpose of taking me out of school early? What did I want to ask Malik? More and more questions related to the previous to floated in my head. I was going to figure it out on my own. By myself. Okay, so what had Malik brought up? Maybe that would help me out a little bit. Well, he doesn't have an official driver's license. That can't be it. If he wanted to kill me, I'd already be dead. He was studying my face. Wait, that's stupid. That has nothing to do with it. There was something else, so why can't I remember what it was?!
I sat there for an entire hour. It only felt like five minutes, though. I still didn't know what it was that Malik had brought up. I thought for what suddenly felt like forever. Then, I realized it.
He knew I liked Yami.
Yes, that must be it! Malik wanted to know for certain that I liked Yami!
But wait... He already figured that out, so why take me out of school? It suddenly didn't make sence anymore.
There must be another part of it.
He said that Bakura found out from Ryou, so Ryou must have told him something else to go with the fact I liked Yami. What did I tell him... Or what did he tell me?
Oh, right! Me and Ryou were talking about why we liked Yami and Bakura, respectively. He made me tell first, and I didn't know the exact reason why, so he said I was unsure of why I liked him! That's what Ryou told Bakura! So that's why Malik wanted to talk to me. To help me realize why I like Yami! That has to be it.
So, am I supposed to sit here and figure it out? I could do that anytime, so it must involve Malik. Malik knows more about Yami than me, so he wants me to ask him about Yami! I did it! Okay, so, I better go ask him now.
I stood up, and walked toward the hallway, looking for the door Malik went into. I knew it was a door on the left, because I saw him walk into a door. I don't remember which one, though. I looked down the short hallway and saw that there was only one door on the left, and two on the right. There was only one room he could be in, so I stood in front of it, and knocked hesitantly. A voice on the other side, telling me I could go inside, was Malik, I knew. I turned the knob and opened the door. I peered inside to see Malik on a laptop laying on his stomach across the bed. There was a lamp on the table next to it, lighting up a small portion of the room. Malik looked up at me.
"Yeah?" he asked, closing the laptop and sitting up with his legs crossed.
I walked inside the room. "I wanted to ask you something..."
"Oh, okay, sure. You can come in if you want."
I took a few steps more forward and sat on the floor. "So, umm... how much did Bakura tell you?" I tried to say to where he could hear me.
"Yes, you finally figured it out!" Malik exclaimed, jumping slightly. "Well, Bakura told me that you liked Yami, but you were unsure why."
"That's it?"
"Yeah, really. So, I took you out of school to help you realize why."
"Oh, okay. That could be helpful..."
"It really could."
"So, can you tell me about Yami?" I asked, looking up at Malik.
Malik sighed. "Well, I don't know all that much about him. But, what I can tell you is that he's had a pretty hard life. I can't tell you all of the details, unfortunately. And also, I'm not sure if he likes you, like you like him. But, what I know..." Malik paused. "Is that you are the most important person in his life to you."
I stared at Malik. "A-are you sure?"
"One hundred percent."
"Can you tell me what you know about Yami's past?"
"I can't tell you everything I know, but I'll tell you what I can. His entire family died horribly, and so did mine, Marik's, and Bakura's. I can't tell you why, unfortunately. So, we left Egypt to come here, to Japan. Yami was miserable, even with the friends he made. Until he met you. So, whether or not he likes you, and you know what I mean by 'like', you are the most important person in Yami's life." Malik sat, looking at me for a reply. I was silent.
"So... so this is why you brought me here?"
"Well, would you rather me talk to you with Marik crawling up my shirt?"
I blushed at the thought. "N-no."
"Okay then. So, that's just a little help with figuring out why you like Yami. Or maybe you know why already."
I'm most important in Yami's life? Me? I... I don't know what to think. Even if he doesn't like me how I do... I'm happy enough knowing I'm most important to him. And whatever else there may be underneath that skull of his, I will try to get my answer out of him.
Even if I still don't know why I like him.
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Kurisuten: So, this is posted right after the last one. I did spend time on this, and I was going to post it later, but why not now?
Kishichi: I agree. -nod nod-
Kurisuten: But yay! Yuugi-chan is figuring out! I'm so happy!
Kishichi: Me too!
Kurisuten: And I have the best idea ever! I can't tell you though, or else it will spoil the ending of the story! I actually never knew what the ending would be until now! At first, I thought it would be the average, "And Yami finally told Yuugi he loved him, the end."
Kishichi: ...Well, isn't that the ending anyway?
Kurisuten: Well, yeah, but there's a PLOT TWIST.
Kishichi: Oooh, tell me! Tell me!
Kurisuten: Then you'll know! I'm keeping it a surprise!
Kishichi: Awweh.
Kurisuten: It's okay! You'll all love it! Or hate it... But there will still be a lime scene! I figured out the plot for that part, too.
Kishichi: Cool, now this isn't just some fanfic where every chapter is just thought up on the spot!
Kurisuten: Yup!
Kishichi: Ja ne, minna-san!
Kurisuten: Review, please! Ja ne, minna-san!
(NOTE: I'm done with short chapters for now. All others will take at least a week to write, just like the previous one. I will try to get 4000 words or more for each chapter. And that plot twist, you guys will not be able to guess the exact reason. Even if you try. You won't get it. So, I promise you, guessing won't help you. And it won't come in until about the.... fifteenth or fourteenth? Somewhere around there. So, I hope you all still read and review! Oh, and please excuse my random use of Japanese. Ja ne!)
