A/N: DO you know how long it takes just to complete ONE entire puzzle with 300 pieces in ONE night?
It took us about… oh, let's see: started around eight in the night, then ended at three-thirty in the morning. You see, this is WHY I hate doing puzzles!
(clears throat) ANYWAY…
Relations with last chapter:
Okay, I wasn't thinking of any last chapter, so there were none.
And now, (takes a deep breath) when my sister gets back in this room, I know I'm going to die.
NOT LITERALLY!
Disclaimer: … Does it look like I can own YuGiOh or Rurouni Kenshin? Hell, no! (I forgot to include that I don't own Rurouni Kenshin last chapter. Gomen, people!)
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Stuck With You
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AU fic
PG-13
Romance/Drama/Humor
Chapter 9: One Hell of a Nightmare… Part 2
Previously…
Kaiba smirked, "So, do you want the easy way, or hard way?"
"Look," Anzu gulped as he noticed her, "G-gomen for hitting you with that book earlier… and… erm… bruising your ego… and-"
"You, I forgive." Kaiba smirked, "I don't think I would beat you up at all."
"What about us, icicle?" Mai glared at him.
"You two, on the other hand…"
'CRAP.' Jou and Mai thought at the same time.
"Especially the mutt," Kaiba cracked his knuckles, "I will enjoy beating you up. But not on Mai. I'll have something planned later."
"That is?" she frowned.
He whispered in her ear, then her face paled.
"Oh hell…"
Then, before the school can settle back to the calm self again…
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Honda then remembered, "OH yeah…" then he paused, the others hoped he actually knew what happened after that. But he didn't.
"So… then what happened?"
Two loud groans can be heard from Jou and Mai as Anzu started to crack up laughing.
Malik sighed, wiping his face with a paper towel as he sighed in relief. Yugi and Yami were with him, also; it was just that Yugi was washing his hands and Yami was drying his hands.
"Thank God we are done…" Yugi said what the two were thinking. "Malik, your sister is nice… but strict! Do you have to put through that every day?"
Malik nodded, "Yup… she has been like that once the artifacts arrived from Cairo."
"What a neat freak," Yami groused. "She really wants everything to be done by…" he paused. "When was it again?"
"Sunday," Malik threw the paper towel away. "And, well, thank my bro-in-law; he let us off."
"Good," Yami sighed, throwing the paper towel in the trash can, "I need to visit someone."
"I shouldn't ask what time…" Yugi muttered. Then he remembered something… "Oh yeah! Malik, do you remember when I was talking about why Yami was pissed off earlier?"
"Yeah… you ended it when you heard screams," Malik frowned, "Why? Do you…" then he grinned, "Oh… right. Who screamed earlier?"
The three rushed out of the classroom to find the source of the... terrified… never mind.
"What the hell…?" Megumi asked, then something rushed past them… or someone… "Okay, what the HELL was that?"
"You mean who was that," Yami stepped out of the door. Then he noticed somebody else running behind them. "And who the hell is that right now?"
"Eh?" Yugi and Megumi noticed another blur… but this time…
BAM!
"ITAI!" somebody yelled out… more likely yelled out in anger.
Both Yugi and Megumi knew who it was right away.
It was Kaiba; face flat on the floor. Yami had his left foot sticking out to trip him, trying to figure out who the blur was. Megumi and Yugi had fears that Kaiba will definitely kill Yami now that he tripped the CEO.
That was what Kaiba was about to do as soon as he stood up… VERY pissed off. Yami didn't look scared at all; he was just amused.
"YAMI! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!" Kaiba yelled, "Now you made me lose the mutt!"
"Figures it was you," Yami was still smirking. Kaiba gritted his teeth, getting annoyed at every second. Yugi and Megumi sweatdropped as they cautiously stepped out of the door.
"This… can't be good," Yugi muttered to himself. "Kaiba was after Jou and Mai."
"He was chasing Jou and Mai?" Megumi exclaimed, mixing surprise and annoyance at the same time. "Whatever happened to those two?"
"Make it three," Kaiba noticed the other two, "Apparently, that mutt will be dead if I don't catch him!"
"Get ready," Yami grumbled in sarcasm. "Jou and Mai are already scared of you already, thanks to that damn ego of yours."
"NANI?" Kaiba was pissed. "Look, Mutou, be VERY lucky I can't beat you up right now because of the current matter I have to deal with. Next time, I will have the damn urge to kill YOU! Right now…" he then ran off in the same direction both Jou and Mai ran off to.
All three were silent. Finally, Yugi asked his brother the very same thought Megumi was about to ask: "Onii-san… what happened earlier?"
"You tripped Kaiba?" Malik snickered at Yami, who was glaring at him, "This should be veeeery interesting news to Jou and Mai."
"Shut up," Yami answered back. Then he looked at the watch, "I'm already late for my meeting already." But Malik wouldn't give up on that.
"Who's the other guy?"
"He's meeting up with Ryuji at his house later," Yugi said the answer for Yami. Then he grinned, "Or maybe it was to meet up with Megumi…"
"YUGI!" Yami was ready to kill him.
Malik started to laugh at this new conversation that sprung out. But he was still wondering about one thing:
What happened after that?
-Meanwhile, at the Jyounouchii residence…-
"Okay; so Kaiba started to chase you both around just because you "bruised" Kaiba's ego," Honda started to recalculate what happened. "Then… what?"
Jou sighed, "Eh, then Kaiba stopped following us after that…"
"And?"
"And, well…" Mai paused, "Eh…"
"JOU! YOU DAMN MUTT!" Kaiba's voice came again as Jou started to panic. Mai let out a groan, knowing that they would have to run around the same floor again. Jou tugged Mai with the handcuffed arm, urging her to get moving.
"I can't believe he will actually kill me!" Jou said as he started to pick up the pace each time.
Mai was running too, but this is too tiring! "Jou! Can we get a rest or something?"
"Che, no!"
Mai groaned, "Jou! You do realize my part of his torture would be AFTER he beats you up!"
"Nani?" Jou then slowed down to face Mai. "What did Kaiba say to you?"
"He said something about that he will forcing me to… eh…"
"To do what?" Jou had a hint of jealousy in his voice, which surprised Mai for a second, then she resumed her answer.
"He told me he'll force me to baby-sit his cousin for a week."
Jou blinked at this response. He was silent and dumb-founded for another second.
"You're kidding."
Mai shook her head.
"DID HE REALLY SAY-"
"You're joking, right?" Anzu asked Mai, trying her best to keep a straight face.
"He really did say that…" Mai shook her head. "I'm not joking!"
Both Honda and Anzu stared at the two for a minute. Then they faced at each other.
"?" Both Jou and Mai were wondering what they were thinking. "Are you both all right?" Jou asked them.
Their response was?
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Both Anzu and Honda started to laugh as they couldn't keep a straight face.
"Just because-hahahaha," Honda was snickering, "Kaiba asked you to-haha-baby-sit a baby cousin? Ahahahaha! This is good!"
Anzu was laughing uncontrollably to the point tears were coming out, "Oh my freaking God! Hahahaha! Wait till I tell the others this!"
"Nice," Mai gritted her teeth and balled her hand in irritation, hoping they would shut up.
Jou was irritated as well, but his eyebrow was twitching as he tried to grab something to throw at the laughing duo. Unfortunately, he was a little bit scared to even find something to throw and hit both Anzu and Honda with since he and Mai broke his mother's vase.
"Shut up…" Mai was blushing with embarrassment now, not with anger as she loosened her fist. Jou sighed, leaning against the couch.
"While we wait for those two idiots to shut up, can we relax for a bit?"
Mai paused, looking at him, "Ano… sure. I was getting tired of talking about this subject, anyway. Besides… were we about to be sitting ducks after I told you what Kaiba said?"
Jou groaned, "Che… you were right about THAT part…"
"DID HE REALLY SAID THAT?" Jou was surprised in a really surprised way.
"Yes, baka!" Mai was about to give him a good slap on the head when they heard Kaiba running towards them.
"Oh gee!" Jou and Mai started to run again as soon as they made eye contact with Kaiba.
"GET BACK HERE, YOU MUTT!" Kaiba started to catch up with them as he sped up his pace towards them.
Finally, he caught up to them. Not a good idea for both Jou and Mai.
"W-w-w-what do you want from me?" Jou stammered in fear. Mai looked at him, arching her eyebrow.
'Is he a chicken? I thought he was supposed to be a really good fighter!' Mai thought.
"It's obvious," Kaiba smirked, cracking his knuckles once again, Then he grabbed Jou by the shirt, "To beat the crap out of you and-"
"Yare, yare," another voice interrupted what Kaiba was about to say, "I thought you were supposed to be quiet type, Kaiba."
The three realized immediately it was Himura-sensei. He was with Sagara-sensei and Kamiya-sensei, who were just as surprised.
"What the hell were you three…" he sighed, "Okay, never mind that. I can immediately see that you, Kaiba, were about to beat up Katsuya-"
"It's Jou!" Jou glared at the gym teacher.
"Whatever," Sano smirked. "Were you about to beat up Jou, Kaiba?"
"…" Kaiba let go of Jou's shirt immediately then he stepped away to let the teachers pass.
"Arigato," Kenshin nodded to Kaiba. "For letting us pass. But," his face turned serious, "I did figure out what happened earlier,"
"Who told you?" Jou and Kaiba exclaimed at the same time.
Kamiya-sensei then stuck her tongue out while feeling proud of herself. "Hehe!"
"ANATA?" Jou and Kaiba were on the edge to kill Kamiya-sensei when Mai held the both back just before he can kill them.
"Good luck in detention with Shinomori-sensei Monday, Katsuya!" Kaoru laughed evilly, causing some students and the two other teachers to sweatdrop (whoever heard her, that is).
"Oi…" Jou muttered to himself, "She is kowaii…"
Kaiba then faced the two of them, "Now…" he glared at Jou, "Consider yourself lucky I did not beat you up. But, Mai," he smirked, "You will do that-"
"I get it…" Mai growled, threatening to get out or leave with a bruise on his eye.
"You see," the CEO drawled, "I always get even with the idiots I dislike MY way. This is one of the ways I do that. But this time," he faced Jou, "Be very afraid to what I will do to you."
"Bring it, Icy boy!" Jou gripped his fist, "I will get even! I WILL get even, Kaiba! YOU HEAR!"
Kaiba rolled his eyes as he left the handcuffed duo together to blow off their steam. Then the CEO had a better idea to tick off the mutt.
"How about letting me talk to that cute sister of yours?"
"KAIBA!" Jou was really about to throw and hit Kaiba with an object… if he can find one appropriate for this moment.
Too late for him, Kaiba left.
"He really hates you…" Mai muttered.
"Isn't that obvious?" Jou glared at her in sarcasm. "You just noticed that by… oh I don't know… NOW!"
"Shut up, Jou!" Mai huffed. Then she remembered seeing something on Kaiba. "Ano… why was he held back earlier?"
"Who knows?" Jou huffed, crossing his arms, yanking the handcuff in process, pulling Mai to the floor. Thankfully, she caught her balance as she stood up and gave Jou a great smack on the head.
"ITAI!"
"THAT'S for yanking the stupid handcuff down!"
"And that smack still hurts!" Jou whined to Mai. They noticed that both Honda and Anzu calmed down, but they were discussing about something else by themselves.
"Deal with it," Mai sighed, "You were about to smack my face on the floor!"
"What!" Jou glared at her. "I was trying to move with my left hand, thank you very much!"
"You were trying to smack me to the floor with the right hand!"
"Grrrr…." Jou glared at her, "Haven't you ever heard of 'I'm trying to do the best I can not to kill you!' "
"What?" Mai blinked, "FYI you moron, that is not a true statement!"
"SO WHAT!"
Anzu and Honda immediately noticed another argument. Again.
"That argument… is pointless…" Honda groused.
Anzu nodded, "I agree…"
Mai sighed, then she looked around the room, "Hey, Shizuka wa doko?"
"Eh?" Jou, Anzu, and Honda blinked.
"Shizuka's not here," Mai finally announced.
Jou then realized that he hasn't seen his imoto since he came back home. "What the…? Damn!"
Where the hell is she!
Then Jou sighed as he grabbed Anzu's cell phone, "I gotta call her…"
"Ah! Jou!" Anzu grabbed it back. "Remember that LAST time you used my cell phone…"
"What did I do to it? I was using it!"
"You nearly threw her cell phone in the street, idiot," Honda flatly answered.
"Oh… did he really?" Mai then hid her cell phone away to make sure he doesn't do the same thing to her cell phone.
"He NEARLY did," Anzu grumbled.
"Are you saying I'm irresponsible?"
"Technically, yes," Honda smirked.
"Whose side are you on, Honda!"
-Meanwhile, at the Higato residence…-
Ryuji was flipping over the pages of one of his father's novels as he lied on the couch. Megumi was there, all right; expect she was watching television by flipping the channels.
Then Ryuji let out a groan that surprised her.
"Aaarrggghhh! I'm bored to hell here!" Ryuji complained. "There is nothing to do expect read or watch TV!"
"I thought you have a Playstation Two in the room…" Megumi sweatdropped, hearing her brother's complaints.
"I know!" Ryuji sighed, "But I've already finished Final Fantasy Eight, Ten, Ten-Two, and Twelve!"
"What about Kingdom Hearts One and Two?" Megumi dully asked him.
"You're the genius on those games," he grumbled. "I can't beat them."
"Don't you have any other games to play?"
"Hell, no!" Ryuji groaned. "The other games are boring!"
Not what I heard from you, Megumi thought, glaring at him. Then she remembered the cursed assignment called the project for World History. "Ahhh! Damn! I forgot to do research minutes ago!"
Ryuji blinked, staring at her, "Sis…"
"Nani?"
"You overreact too much,"
"What! Doesn't blame me Shinomori-sensei partnered us up and did the topics assigned to us!"
Good point, Ryuji thought. "Ano… Megumi? What happened when your class learned about the project?"
"Well…" she sighed, "What happened was…"
It was sixth period and everybody was in a tense mood after hearing rumors from other students about Shinomori-sensei's projects.
The rumors were that the teacher was not only assigning the groups, but he is also assigning the partners for the project.
To them, it's hell.
To him… ah, who cares what he thinks… for now.
"Can you believe these rumors?" a girl was talking with both Mai and Megumi before class began. "I mean… is he THAT harsh?"
"Take last semester as an example," Mai sighed, remembering these very LOVELY rumors about the teacher, "Remember that rumor about him giving out the quiz that was supposed to be for a quiz grade?"
"Yeah…"
"Didn't he change that to a test grade after he caught one student cheating?" Megumi asked her, clearly remembering the rumor.
"Yes, that was true," Mai sighed. "This is what happens with rumors."
"… Like the one about you and Jou in handcuffs?" the girl giggled. "Rumors say it was because you can't stand being alone without each other-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Mai paused right away, "Who said THAT rumor? That isn't true!"
Megumi sweatdropped, "I think it was that senior girl who hates you…"
Mai gritted her teeth and slammed her fist against the desk, hard enough to make a loud BAM.
Everyone in the class faced her in surprise. Even Jou was surprised himself. Then he made the first comment to tick her off.
"Wow, Mai! Who knew you had incredible strength over one stinking rumor!" he joked in sarcasm.
Before she has the chance to kill him, Shinomori-sensei arrived to the class, which the students automatically fell silent, not wanting to face his wrath. He already knew that by now the students have heard about the rumors of his project "of hell." Well, to them, that is hell. To him, it's just plain amusing to see how they would react.
He took out sheets of paper to explain more about the project, "Since some of my students from other classes must have told every single one of you about my project, them it's about time I start explaining about the project. Obviously, all of you also know that I am the one pairing you into groups of two; you must have also known that I also assign the topics to each group based on the unit you are learning. However," some of the classmates let out groans, "Since this class is farther ahead than I intended for all other classes, I will assign the topic we learned last unit."
"When is this due?" a male student asked him.
"This will all be due in about three weeks," Shinomori-sensei smirked. "I just want to get this project done and over with."
The reactions made an indifference to the teacher's brain in changing the amount of weeks given.
"Nani!"
"What?"
"I have no time to complete it!"
"That's not fair!"
"Isn't that too little time?"
"Crap!"
"Damn! I can't procrastinate again!"
"Of course," Shinomori-sensei smirked again, "You may come in the mornings or stay after school to have time for this project. But you need my permission first."
"Great…" Mai grumbled. "And I was really hoping the detention was the only thing on my mind."
"What about you and Jou, who were grounded for two weeks?" Yami snickered.
"You just HAD to remind us…" Jou hissed at him, giving his good friend a glare.
"Now, I will assign the groups," Shinomori-sensei took out the name chart. "But there is no absolute way you will change your partner at all times."
"And WHY is that?" Jou asked his homeroom teacher in his smartass tone.
"Because," Shinomori-sensei's eyebrow was slightly twitching in annoyance, "In the future, if you have jobs, you will have to be paired with someone you will not know or enjoy. However, working with each other equally will result in a good project."
'The day I will be working with Mai is the day I will have a truce with that Icy bastard!' Jou thought.
Mai glared at him, 'The day I work with Jou is the day hell would freeze over!'
"Let's see… oh, and the very first group of my interest goes out to Jyounouchii Katsuya and Kujyaku Mai," Shinomori-sensei can't help but resist looking at their reactions, which is a VERY horrified and shocked look on the both of their faces. "You both will be partners."
Everybody in the class were either laughing or whistling for the apparent handcuffed couple. Yami and Megumi were snickering, expecting Shinomori-sensei would pair them as partners.
"Next is Bakura Ryou and Nosaki Miho,"
"Who the hell is that…?" Ryou was heard muttering about the girl's name.
"Mai, who's Miho? I thought she was a part of your group…" Megumi whispered to Mai, who was still annoyed at her paired with Jou.
"Oh her… she's the girl who has a crush on every single guy in this school every week."
"What? Her?"
"Kobayashi Ken and Morimoto Meiko, you will be a group,"
Shinomori-sensei continued with the boy-girl partners three more times before he called on the next partners, which actually satisfied Jou and Mai for having one part of their "revenge" done.
"Mutou Atem and Higato Megumi, you two will be partners as well," then to the class' surprise, he actually smiled, "Your friends wanted a small get-back at the both of you."
Few of the students were laughing, but most of them… they were in total shock. Especially Jou, Mai, Yami, Yugi, Megumi, Kaiba, Malik, and Ryou. The tsurara actually smiled in front of what he calls his "annoying class of the day." He smiled for the first time in Domino High.
"He… actually… smiled…" Kaiba managed to get the very exact words everyone has planted on their minds as the icicle sensei continued to read off the list of students for the rest of the class. Even if Kaiba was sharp-eyed, he heard rumors of Shinomori-sensei. But even he wasn't prepared for that smile at all.
"Shinomori-sensei smiled?" Ryuji was in total surprise as well to hear his icy, emotionless homeroom teacher, smiling.
"At least it wasn't in front of your class…"
"Our class?" Ryuji groaned, "He doesn't like our class at all! I swear; we have the prankster in our class!"
"Honda?"
"No, but Anzu and he have a same period as me," he glared at her. "Our class is what he calls irresponsible. He says our behavior is the worst out of all of his sophomore classes!"
Megumi was now glad she wasn't stuck in that class. It wasn't until the doorbell rang at the front door.
"I'll get it," Ryuji stood up from the couch, "I am going upstairs afterwards. That girl I have as a project partner…"
"Yeah? What about her?" Megumi asked her brother as she took out a One Piece DVD for her to watch since there were no shows on the television.
"She is coming over here tomorrow, so please do not embarrass me!" he hollered his answer as he went to the front door to open.
She groaned at her "brother's" request. "Are you kidding, Ryuji? Back at freshmen at Tokyo, you were called the playboy before we moved here! You go out with every single girl that laid eyes on you!"
"So? Just what was that supposed to mean?"
She rolled her eyes as she started to watch the One Piece episode that was shown first on the DVD.
Ryuji shook his head as he turned the knob, I still can't believe Shinomori-sensei smiled… I still can't believe it! Then he opened the door.
Yami was there and he doesn't look too happy about coming over at his home. "Hey Ryuji. Are you both busy?"
"Not really. Sis is watching some One Piece episode… it's from that new DVD we bought from the internet."
"Aa," Yami stepped in as Ryuji shut the door. "Your folks are…?"
"Mom is still out, and Dad is still helping out Sugoroku, remember?"
"Oh," he frowned, facing his friend, "No wonder Megumi complains about you sometimes… you are bored with everything."
"Shut up! That's if I have nothing to do except for that damn project!"
"Ryuji?" Megumi frowned as she paused the DVD, "Who the heck was that at the door?"
"It's Yami, your partner," he answered with an amused tone. "You do realize you have to work on the project,"
"Ugh…" Megumi sounds like she's been dreading the project like she wasn't ready to face her doom.
"You are not the only who hates doing the project," Yami decided to place his backpack next to the desk. "This is not what I've been hoping to do, either. Especially when we-"
"Saw Shinomori-sensei smiling earlier?" Ryuji took the seat on the other couch, "Yeah; she told me that and I was very surprised to hear about it myself." Then he frowned, "Speaking of, what topic did you get, anyway? The topics we got were based on the Middle Ages… what did you guys get? He did say your class was farther ahead than the rest of the other classes."
Both Megumi and Yami immediately said, "They were based on Ancient Greece and Rome,"
"Oh wow, you really do hate Shinomori-sensei for giving that topic since you are far ahead…"
"But what happened after class…?" Megumi frowned. "I did remember Shinomori-sensei telling Jou and Mai the time of detention…"
"That was earlier this morning," Yami reminded her, "What happened after was… well, Kaiba confronted us."
"Again?" the two looked at him in surprise. Then again, they shouldn't be.
"I can't believe our project is on the city of Athens and their culture..." Mai was complaining to Megumi, who was talking with her. Jou was already talking with Yami and Yugi about their projects. Sadly, they are still handcuffed.
"Tch, consider me lucky?" Megumi frowned, "I'm not that happy about the topic I'm doing with Yami, either! It's with the God twins, Artemis and Apollo… and we have to present it with a poster!"
"That's the bad part," Mai clucked her tongue, "And he's checking for notes as well."
"Che, how nice of him…" her friend groaned in sarcasm, "As if pairing with your cousin was a bad idea…"
"Why is it that bad?" Yami's cousin frowned, "I thought you like him…"
"What the!" Megumi blushed in embarrassment… and irritation, "What made you think THAT? We have only known each other for a short while and this is like… what? The fourth day of stuck in handcuffs?"
"Wait a minute," Megumi interrupted, "Mai thought I liked you?"
"She assumed…" Yami grumbled, looking away so she won't catch him blushing in embarrassment. "She said she heard us talking to each other more and more. I kept on reminding her it was a few months ago the both of you moved here…"
Ryuji rolled his eyes, "Time flies by too fast… you know that? One day we placed Jou and Mai in handcuffs, the day of the apocalypse arrives. They get along… slightly…"
"But they get into sooo many arguments," Megumi groaned. "Would they EVER shut up…?"
"Not what happened after Kaiba arrived, that is," Yami started to continue with the final event of the day before the first weekend.
"What was that?" Jou, Yugi, and Yami were interested about the women's conversation. Megumi was now flushing in red by embarrassment… and irritation that can be used to kill her friend.
Both women sweatdropped, "This… is awkward," Mai muttered to herself.
"For you dweebs, maybe that's the reason you do feel awkward," Kaiba's dry voice unexpectedly entered inside the conversation. "Looks like your four," he motioned to Jou, Mai, Yami, and Megumi, "are stuck looking like a couple. Oh wait, Jou and Mai ARE a couple. Isn't that nice…" he said the last three words in a sarcastic tone.
"Why you-!" Jou was about to punch him when he felt the tug of the handcuffs, ordering him to sit back down. "Mai and I are not a couple, you smartass!"
"Hmph, you do look like one," Kaiba slightly smirked in his evil way. "Besides, not only will I make fun of you, but I will also make fun of my rival and his girlfriend as well!"
"She is-"
"He is-"
"Not your girlfriend OR boyfriend! Okay, WE get it!" Yugi was annoyed.
"And wait a sec, I'm your rival as well, Kaiba!" Jou glared at the CEO.
"So?"
"So… you should be dealing with me, not my pal over here!"
"Jou…" Mai warned with him, 'Mess with Kaiba and you are dead, Jou,'
"Hmph, why the hell should I deal with a mutt like you?"
"Wait a second, isn't that Mai's nickname for Jou…?" Megumi whispered to Yami and Yugi.
"Kaiba told her she lost privilege of calling him that, but so far, she has no other name for him besides 'bastard' or 'moron'…" Yugi answered.
"You haven't noticed?" Yami blinked.
"No…"
"Maybe because…" Jou paused. He has no other good reasons to be rivaling against Kaiba. Against other gang leaders… that could be a problem now that Mai is handcuffed to him. The only other reason he could think of it to beat him up senselessly, but then again, that could be a VERY bad idea.
"Ano…"
"You have no idea, do you," Kaiba's tone changed from a bored tone to a deadpan tone, like Shinomori-sensei. "You are a moron AND a weakling, Jou. DO you know that?"
"Shut up! You've been new here when it was… what day was it we were in handcuffs?"
Immediately, two fists and a slap met his head, thanks to Yami, Kaiba, and Mai.
"ITAI! Am I THAT stupid?"
"Let's see… you've been acting stupid in all of the classes and you are called the slacker of the school. What the hell do you think?" Megumi glared at him.
"Eh?"
"She means, 'Yes, Katsuya, you are stupid,' But not really stupid," Malik joined the conversation, "I mean, you lost a few more brain cells-"
"What does THAT have to do with me being stupid?"
"You want me to translate that slowly so your feeble brain comprehends what Malik said?" Kaiba was "amazed" at his stupidity. Actually, he's enjoying it.
"I know I- hey, Malik, what did you call me?"
"Katsuya?" Malik grinned amusingly, "Oh that. I've heard a lot people say that if anyone mentioned this name, you get REALLY pissed off."
"Oh yeah, but not this time,"
"?" Malik, Yugi, and Yami faced each other in surprise.
"So… do mind if I called you Katsuya, mutt?" Kaiba frowned.
"Except YOU!"
"WHAT WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!"
Mai and Megumi were trying to get out of this conversation as best as they can.
"How did we get from talking about out project topics to this…?" Mai frowned.
"Blame Kaiba," Megumi muttered out of Kaiba's hearing range.
Then Mai felt the cuffs tug as she got yanked into the argument with Kaiba and Jou.
The next following events are involved within the argu- I mean a supposed fight.
"JOU! Why'd you drag me in for?"
"Me? Why blame me all of the sudden?"
"Isn't it because YOUR brain forgot you and your girlfriend got handcuffed?"
"WE ARE NOT A COUPLE!"
"So? You do look like one…"
"Why you!"
"Did you hear this from somewhere?"
"A couple of things I picked up from the lunch period,"
"WHAT?"
"Oh great…" Ryou joined with the other four while they saw the three arguing students yelling at each other. "Counting the last four days, this is the first time I've seen chaos break out EVERY single time…"
"I agree," Yugi nodded.
Malik was surprised, but he decided not to ask. Then he noticed Shinomori-sensei walking towards the crowd of three. "Eh… should we warn them?"
They all looked at each other.
"Nah… this is going to be amusing," Yami was actually enjoying this.
"Wait," Megumi frowned, "I thought you wanted to get Jou out of trouble,"
"He is already in detention with Mai, so what's the point?"
Yugi blinked, 'He's cold-hearted…'
"Besides, if I helped, I'd get in major trouble as well!"
Megumi, Yugi, Ryou, and Malik nodded in agreement. "Word," they all said at the same time.
"How did…" Ryuji was confused, "How did the conversation about the topics get into… this mess?"
"Just… don't ask. Kaiba entered in and that's when it turned into a pointless conversation," Yami groaned.
"You should have seen what happened after that…" Megumi groaned, "Just to let you know, it wasn't pretty…"
"What is going on here?" Shinomori-sensei's voice nearly stopped the three from arguing any longer as the three faced the emotionless icicle that everybody was gaping earlier for smiling in front of them. Now every the students in the class were wondering what trouble the handcuffed duo did this time.
"Eh..." Jou blinked.
"Ano…" Mai sweatdropped.
"Um…" Kaiba paused.
Aoshi frowned, "Never mind. Just to let the both of you know," he faced Jou and Mai, "You both still serve detention on Monday afternoon. EXCEPT I will increase the amount of minutes in detention."
"Thanks, sensei," Jou grumbled out of earshot with sarcasm and embarrassment.
"You already told us… that…" Mai realized the last part. "Man… this sucks,"
"As for you, Seto," the tsurara faced him, "You have two choices: detention with them on Monday afternoon, or writing a ten paged essay on how to behave properly."
Kaiba's eyes slightly widened, but he scowled, "Detention wouldn't be so bad… as long as the mutt's there. I can blame him all I want for this fight,"
"What was that?"
"You were the reason I got detention now, mutt!"
"Don't I still call him that, Kaiba?"
"Didn't I tell you lost privilege over that!"
"You still remembered THAT deal!"
"And here we go…" Yugi groaned as the bell rang for the end of school, "That's it. I'm getting out of here…"
"Me too," Ryou went to his desk to grab his backpack and books.
"I promised Himura-sensei I'd help him with errands today…" Megumi groaned. "Did you check his paperwork?"
"I don't want to know." Yami grabbed his bag as well, "Oh wait… maybe I can come by tonight to help with the project. About… six or seven?"
"Actually, you might want to reconsider," Malik bit his lower lip, "My sister is wondering if you and Yugi might help us set up the museum exhibit for the Egyptian Showcase that is supposed to be on Sunday night…"
"You're kidding," Yami groaned. "I knew I was forgetting something this morning…"
"Well now you know," Yugi tossed him his keitai, "I suggest you call okaa-san and otou-san. Ojii-san knows about the exhibit set-up."
"Nani? Sugoroku knows about this?"
"Looks like it," Megumi nodded before she left the classroom to find Ryuji. Ryou followed suit.
"Damn…"
"At least you got a better deal," Jou and Mai grabbed their backpacks while Kaiba grabbed his leather briefcase, "Mai and I now have detention with the Mr. Ego over there."
"Oh wow," Yugi whistled lowly, "That… is bad,"
"Really bad," Mai nodded. "And Shinomori-sensei threatened the three of us with reducing our average if we don't show up!"
"That… is bad, isn't it," Malik frowned.
"For our grounding, yes," Jou and Mai groaned.
"What about Kaiba…" Yami saw his exit out of the classroom, irritated.
"Okay… that's not good," Ryuji was now worried about Jou, Mai, AND Kaiba. "I've heard a lot of Shinomori-sensei's detentions. Let me tell you… that sound pretty harsh, they ARE harsh.
"What?" Yami and Megumi cried out at the same time in newfound shock.
"Where did you learn this?" She asked her brother.
Ryuji paused, "Well, some guy warned me about it before I went to Himura-sensei's room. He says that tsurara shows no mercy to his students in detention WHATSOEVER."
Now we're worried, both Yami and Megumi faced each other in fear.
-Meanwhile…-
"So?" Mai frowned as Jou hung up Anzu's keitai, "Where is Shizuka?"
"I left a message in her cell so she'll know it's me," Jou frowned, "But where is she…?"
"You don't know?" Anzu took her keitai from him, "I mean… I should be worried… but I'm just glad to be the only child."
"Oh great. I have to be home in about twenty-minutes and we are spending the rest of our time worrying about Shizuka…" Honda groaned. Then he remembered something, "Hold on… do you guys know where Kaiba went after school? I didn't see his limo leave."
"Now that you mentioned it…" Anzu frowned. "I have no idea,"
"So do I," Mai frowned. "I did remembering him leaving class in a hurry,"
"Did Ryou, Ryuji, or Megumi saw him?" Jou asked. Then he finally found his keitai in the charger, "Oh, that's where it went!"
"You moron!" Anzu and Mai were about to give him a big slap on the head when he ducked.
"You miss!" he laughed playfully before Honda decked him, causing Jou to slightly fall. The handcuffs, unfortunately, cause Mai to jerk back and collide with the handcuffed partner.
"Get off," Jou glared at her.
"Hey, at least I didn't fall onto the floor," Mai glared at him back.
Anzu and Honda blinked, shaking their heads. Then just as Jou flipped his keitai open, Anzu's cell phone rang.
"What the hell is THAT song?" Jou asked her as Anzu answered the phone. "It's sounds too… eh…"
"Perky?" Anzu grinned evilly, "Do you want me to annoy you with this song… or better yet, how about if I-"
"Don't. Even. Think. About. It." Jou was a little scared of what she might do.
"Moshi moshi, Anzu Masaki speaking," she then paused to hear the person from the other line. "Uh huh… yeah, he's here… oh, really? Here, let me hand the phone to him." Anzu then handed the phone to Jou, "It's for you. Don't throw my keitai across! Get that?"
"Oh shut up!" Jou grabbed the phone with his right hand as he answered it. "Moshi moshi, Jou here,"
"Who was that?" Honda asked Anzu. Mai wanted to know as well.
"That… was Shizuka," Anzu paused. "You see, I don't think she' sill back at the middle school…"
"We know that," Mai frowned, "But did you ask why she isn't here yet?"
"Ano…" Anzu paused again, this time, she seemed a bit more tense. "Jou's going to figure that one out for himself."
"What? C'mon, Anzu… what is it?" Honda can tend to be impatient, "Where is his sister, anyway?"
"Um…" before Anzu can answer, however…
"WHAT! YOU'RE WITH KAIBA? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU TWO?"
Mai covered her right ear just to prevent her ears from hurting. Anzu and Honda blinked.
"This is bad, isn't it…" Anzu gulped.
-To be continued-
A/N: My head hurts from headache and schoolwork. And I'm really tired and I had to wake up at six in the morning. NOT to mention I slept at around twelve-thirty in the morning! AAAHHHH!
Thank goodness today's a Saturday…
(groans, then slams head against the wall)
I am sooo dead…
… and I just realized I gave away a spoiler (people should know it by now...)
I AM dead, am I?
Glossary:
Itai: By now, you should know what that is: OWW!
Nani: What?
Che: Shit! Or some other bad/curse word.
Ano…: Well… or Um…
Yare, yare: Well, well…
Baka: That is another word they should know: This means idiot.
-sensei: Again, this means teacher.
Keitai: call phone
Tsurara: Icicle, or Aoshi's nickna-
(Misao: (throws kunai)
Me: WTF? What the hell was that for, itachi?
Aoshi: (throws kodachi; joined up by the thrown kunai (they were thrown to the wall))
Me: O.O)
(insert name) wa doko: Where is (insert name)?
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