A/N: I have a lot of complaints that mostly directs to the computer or me acting VERY lazy.
It's mostly me complaining that I'm too lazy to do anything. But that's primarily my own fault and I'm trying to do things to pick up my butt and start moving.
Well… where to start?
Relations from last chapter:
To start off, there have been some times in middle school that my mother was late picking me up, causing me to either be VERY bored while waiting around, or wandering off somewhere until I see her car coming. There has been other times that I got picked up by somebody else I know (either my friends or my mother's friends) and I have to call my mother to tell I'm going to be picked up by them.
Detentions (I think I mentioned this before) are… well, pretty much okay (I've been to one during high school.) The only thing about those detentions in America is that you have to sit in a seat and stay silent. I'm just lucky I know the teacher I served detention with and did my art project. However, from what I have heard and known from knowledge, detentions in Japan are consisted of chores the students do that can be janitorial jobs. (Washing the floors, cleaning up the classrooms, etc…) I don't know what job could be worse…
It's sort-of common for a WHOLE load of events happening in just one mere week, but I don't know how many people have a lot of life-changing events in just one week. The only one I can think of was…
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I can't think of one. Moving on…
There was some points during my sophomore school year that I had to deal with another love issue (again) and it's one of the guy friends I have and he likes my other best friend! AGAIN! (I'm getting off subject…) He and I talked a lot about plans for the last day of school, anime, manga, and his love life (I'm going to kill him for getting me involved…) and the conversations last around two hours. And for that chapter, the part when Yugi was talking with Jou (which then got to Yami talking to Jou, and then Mai talking to Yami…)… I'm looking over it again and I can pretty much tell that conversation lasted about… wow. A lot less than an hour.
That's all. And if all of you wonder about the Rurouni Kenshin characters, don't worry; I'll get them involved again. (One chapter mostly focuses on them, which will come soon. As for Yahiko, Tsubame, and others… you'll see… they're going to come soon...)
Also, from this chapter, it will introduce more players to this story. But if any of you wants to get involved, tell me and I'll see that I can do. I've already included fragmented-memories' character in the story and she'll be introduced. (I owe you BIG TIME…)
I better stop ranting and start typing…
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or Rurouni Kenshin. I just own the plot, my own OC (Momiji respectively belongs to fragmented-memories), and these stupid pair of handcuffs both Jou and Mai are stuck in!
(Ryuji: You do realize that if those are off-
Me: I know. I get it.)
Oh, yeah… should I include Shisho and the Juppon Katana in this story?
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Stuck With You
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AU fic
PG-13
Romance/Drama/Humor
Chapter 11: Trouble during the First Weekend
A loud, annoying noise greeted the two from Dreamland into Earth the next morning.
"GAAAHHHH!" Jou screamed as he jumped from his bed. Then his face met with the hard-wooden floor in his room. Mai blinked, rubbing her eyes to get the clear picture on the rude intrusion of their slumber. When it did, it shows Shizuka holding something that is shaped…
… wait, is that a bullhorn?
"Ohayo, Sleeping Beauties!" Shizuka happily chirped, greeting a tired Mai and a baffled Jou as he stood up.
"What the hell?" Jou groaned, noticing the bullhorn. Shizuka giggled as Mai shook her head.
"I'm amazed that you can actually see," she smirked, "Especially after you smacked on the floor on that head of yours!"
"EXCUSE ME?" Jou growled loudly in grouchiness.
"Um… Mai?" Shizuka noticed the change of expression on Jou's face from surprised to total irritation. "I forgot to mention… whenever Jou's insulted at this time in the morning, he gets REALLY angry…"
"Huh?" then her face blanched as soon as she saw a pissed off Jou, "Oh great…"
"I suggest you run. NOW." Jou cracked his knuckles, "Or otherwise, I will get mad!"
Immediately, both Mai and Shizuka dashed out of the room.
Jou then saw the door slam, then he smirked, calming his face down. That look was deserved for Kaiba, all right. Jou yawned, then he flopped on his bed. "Well, time for me to go back to sleep!"
"What was that?" Mai and Shizuka's voices were heard from the other side of the door.
Jou froze, realizing he said it out loud. Che! I'm dead!
The clock, by the way, read nine fifty in the morning.
-A couple of minutes after...-
"You know, I can't believe you would try to scare us JUST to get back to sleep!" Mai huffed in idignitation, holding a paper fan that was strong enough to smack Jou in the head. She was glaring at him as Jou scowled while he grabbed the handcuffs (he could wish he can throw them out of the window). Then he handcuffed the same exact spots on their arms. Mai sighed, looking at the handcuffs, at him, at the handcuffs, and back at him again. "And I STILL can't believe we are in these handcuffs... how many more days do we have left...?"
"It's been about... four days we are on handcuffs and we have twenty-six days left, not counting today," Jou replied in a dry tone.
"Nani? Damn..."
Jou yawned loudly, then he faced Mai, "Hey, look on the bright side; at least it's Saturday."
"Yeah. The first Saturday of our torture," Mai grumbled.
"True, true..." then he realized something, "Hey, wait a second... you do realize we still have a revenge to plan out, right?"
Her face brightened at the first mentioning of 'revenge'. "Oh yes! I forgot! I still remember that! Do you have your list?"
"It's still in my desk, Mai! I don't think my sister would look into it."
"Oh, right. When are we carrying it all out?"
Jou paused for a second, then he smirked, "How about next week when school begins?"
Mai grinned evilly, "Oh yes. It will all be good. We can finally get them back for handcuffing us in the first place!"
"Guys?" Shizuka's voice was heard from the closed door. "Mom wants to know if you two can go shopping to buy some food for us!"
"I thought we were grounded!" Jou exclaimed.
"She knows," Shizuka opened the door, holding out the grocery list and a wallet, "The only exception of the grounding is only for the weekends. Be very lucky they let that part slide!"
"Oh, did my parents agree with your as well?" Mai questioned, wondering why her parents didn't call her to tell about this part.
"Yeah, they did," Shizuka nodded. "And Mai? I suggest for you to have possession of the wallet before Jou does. He will spend it recklessly on something else rather than food."
"WHAT!"
"Don't worry, I'll make sure of that," Mai grinned as she faced Jou, "I'll make sure of it," Jou gulped in fear, wondering what happens if he doesn't.
"Arigato!" Shizuka grinned as she left the hallway and down the stairs. Then her voice was heard when she called up again, "Oh, by the way, I'm going to go somewhere with my friends today from school, so I'm bringing my keitai with me!"
"DOES THIS INVOLVE ANY BOYS?" Jou yelled back. Mai gave him a slap on the head.
No response.
"SHIZUKA!" Jou barked as he stormed off the room. Mai went along with him, knowing that wherever he went, she had to go as well.
"Why in the WORLD do you have to be protective?" she hissed at Jou, glaring at him.
"I don't want to tell anybody about THAT at all, you know!" that was the only reply he got before they went to the living room. Then Mai stopped as she held onto the edge of the stairway, jerking him back to where the stairs began.
"What the hell?"
"That's the second time you said that…" Mai groaned. Then she faced him, "Look, she's a little bit of a grownup, you know that? Now unless you tell me WHY you care sooo much about your dear little sister, tell me now!"
"Fine, fine!" Jou frowned, glaring at her. "I'll tell you."
She smirked.
"On the way to the grocery store."
"JOU! YOU BAKA!"
-Meanwhile, at the Hiroto residence…-
Honda yawned as he stretched for the morning. Well, his parents left a little ago for their job and he has to leave the house as well. Unfortunately, his parents have some sort of fear of being house robbed, which they decided to have locks on the doors and windows of the house. And he has to be the one in charge locking them.
Why do I have to be the one locking them up… it's not like we're going to robbed or anything! He silently thought. Then he remembered the events from last night (more like the previous day) as he changed his clothes. And… I can guess both Jou and Mai are STILL not getting closer than all of us thought. Now that Malik is in this… greeeat… we're going to have a LOT more problems with this plan of Ryuji's-
The phone rang from the downstairs floor.
"What the… who is this?"
"Honda? It's me, Ryou,"
"Oh… hey, man!" Honda grinned, relieved to hear the voice of his friend, not some idiot selling insurance. "Well, what's up?"
"I've been thinking," Ryou frowned, "I think we never carried out our plan to get Jou and Mai closer."
"You mean… oh yeah! The one from school… when was that again?"
A groan was heard from the other line. "It's a no wonder Anzu complained last semester you forget everything."
"Nani? What else did they say?"
"Well, Jou said you were careless and-"
"Never mind," Honda grumbled in embarrassment, "So, what about that plan?"
"Now that Malik knows about the handcuffs thing-"
"Everyone at school knows about it, Ryou," Honda sighed, "But… I know. I didn't know he'd actually know what the hell was going on. I mean, Mai and Jou have been hating each other for… how long was it…"
"Gee, I was hoping you'd remember that!"
"Shut up! And I think I remember! So… what about the plan?"
"I was thinking about tweaking it up a bit…" Ryou's voice was not telling Honda he is now planning something, "I think… Honda, do you still remember the old plan?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"I was thinking about a few more changes should be added to it… like… how about this…"
This conversation went on for about fifteen minutes until Honda got the hang of it. Then he grinned, "Well, well, well… who knew you had a clever side to you, Ryou!"
"Yes," then a groan, "I have to help a girl that has, unfortunately, a crush on me on that cursed project…"
"You mean Miho?"
Ryou nodded on the other line.
"Aww, what a pity-"
"Hey! At least you have a difficult topic to use for Shinomori-sensei's project!"
"So do you!" Honda exclaimed. "And I don't think I'll be able to finish it before the deadline."
Ryou frowned, "So you're going to procrastinate like you and Jou always do,"
"No I'm NOT!" Honda was gritting his teeth in irritation, then he sighed, letting his anger cool down. Then a light bulb was mentally lit in his head, "Hey… Ryou,"
"Nani?"
"I have another part to add to our plan… and this time, it's going to be added because… well, at least we can have an amusing part to it!" Honda smirked, then he told him the other part.
Ryou's face slightly paled, then he sighed, shaking his head, "You know… sometimes I wonder who's more sadistic. You, Yami, Ryuji, or Jou. Or even worse, the girls…"
"Hey, at least I'm normal!"
"At least you think you're normal," Ryou smiled weakly, hoping Honda wouldn't come over to his place and kill him, "I just think I'm stuck with insane people!"
"Are you implying that I'm insane?"
"The same goes for the other guys as well…"
Honda paused, "Well, Yugi and Malik aren't insane. But we're unique! Is being insane a crime?"
"No," Ryou quickly answered, hoping Honda doesn't kill him.
-Meanwhile, at the Mutou residence...-
The phone started to ring two times before Yugi's mother answered the phone.
"Moshi moshi, Mutou residence," she answered. "Who am I speaking with?"
"Hi... it's Ryuji Otogi," he paused, "Are... Yugi or Yami home?"
"Yes they are, but I think Yami is asleep right now in their room," his mother answered, "Um... just a moment, I think Yugi is up already."
"Oh... may I speak with Yugi?" Ryuji asked their mother.
"Sure! Hold on for a moment,"
Ryuji nodded on the other line as he still remembered the rest of the conversation from last night. I still feel sorry for Yami for going through his cousin's stupid dare with this, but... why ask my sister on a date? Isn't that waaaaaay to sudden for a guy that sort-of get along with each other?
-Flashback-
"What would happen... if I asked you out on a date?" Yami asked Megumi worriedly.
Megumi blinked in surprise as she noticed Ryuji's reaction when Yami asked about the date. "Um... erm... well, I would say yes... why? Did you want to know?"
"Actually... how do I put this... Mai told me to. More like dared me to."
Megumi blinked in surprise, "Mai dared you to ask me out?"
"Yeah," was his response.
Then she and Ryuji faced each other...
...then they started to crack up laughing.
"Since when did she start daring you?" Ryuji laughed on the phone.
He could hear Yami sigh of relief, "Whew... I was afraid of that reaction. Thank goodness you didn't take that really serious. Otherwise, I would be dead!"
"I know, I know! Oh my gosh, I feel soooo sorry for you!" Megumi was slightly dying of laughter.
Ryuji snickered as he heard Yami and Yugi laugh on the other side of the phone as well, "Well... now we know who actually made that up... anything else you want to tell us so we can get back at that peacock that's called your cousin?"
"I don't think so," Yugi snickered, "But I know that Honda, Ryou, and I had a plan for getting Jou and our cousin together..."
"What? What was it?" the two asked Yugi, who was probably blinking in surprise.
"Why in the world do you want to know all of the sudden?"
"Just a little..." Megumi calmed down, "I don't know... a revenge plan on them?"
"What are you saying?" Yami asked on the other line, "That we should actually try to get those two idiots closer than they already are? The only time I bet they could be close is when we actually get out of college. They are still going to argue with each other."
"But haven't you noticed how much less they are arguing?" Ryuji asked them, "I've noticed that they've only argued a few times... I bet it's even less than before."
The twin brothers paused.
"Let's talk tomorrow," Yugi suggested. "Maybe the four of us should meet us and start talking about it."
"Good idea," the other two nodded at the same time. Before they hung up, however, Yami asked to talk to Megumi again.
"So... um... sorry about that stupid question earlier..."
"That's all right," she smiled, "After all, it was just a stupid dare. We can get back at both Jou and Mai for making that up."
"Ha! Even if I know him as a best friend, he still acts like he hasn't heard anything or know anything that happened a day ago."
"Well," Ryuji smirked, "How about this... all four of us will plan it all tomorrow when we have a chance to meet up with each other?"
Megumi tensed, "Erk... um... about tomorrow..."
"What?" the three boys asked.
"Anzu wanted to go shopping with her downtown at that time. Gomen, but I'll make it up to you guys..."
"Hey, we'll start planning, then we'll tell you. Does that sound all right?" Yami asked.
"Well, why not?"
"Honda, Ryou, and I are planning something else for them," Yugi said, "But I have something else planned in mind. I was thinking that it could work, or that it might not work..."
"We'll discuss that tomorrow," Yami sighed, "I think we need to get some sleep in."
"I agree," Ryuji resumed his game, then turned it off. "I was right in the middle of a battle I was about to lose on, anyway. It's no big deal."
"Heh... well, talk to you guys tomorrow?" Megumi grinned.
"Yeah. Good luck with Anzu tomorrow," Yugi smirked, "She can be a pain when it comes to shopping..."
"Ugh. Thanks a lot,"
There was a tired chuckle on the other line. "Oyasumi, dice boy," Yami called out.
"Hey! You have no right to call me DICE BOY!" Ryuji barked, but Yugi was the only one laughing.
"I... think he's asleep." he snickered.
Megumi let out a tired laugh before she got into her covers. "Good night, baka."
"Oi!" Ryuji glared at her. Then he sighed, "I'll... give you guys a call tomorrow, okay?"
"Sure," Yugi nodded. There was click and Ryuji hung up the phone as well.
-Flashback ends-
"Moshi moshi? Ryuji?" a tired voice was heard from the other line.
"Huh...? Wha...? Yugi! Hey, is that you?" Ryuji blinked after dozing off.
"Yeah... I tried to get your attention after a minute or so... what are you doing?"
"Hm? Oh, I was thinking about something..."
"Anzu, maybe?"
"What?" his face heated to a shade of red, "Hell, no! What the heck made you- where's your brother?"
"Oh... I think he's sleeping right now," Yugi replied, a little irritated that they changed the subject, "I swear, after I hung up, I thought I heard Yami watching Advent Children on the PSP for the fifth time..."
"Was he?"
"Yeah... if I woke him up now, he'd kill me. So... what about Jou and Mai?" Yugi asked him, "What were you planning?"
"I dunno... I was dreaming of beating them in whack-a-mole last night."
If this was an anime, Yugi would sweatdrop.
"Whack... a-mole? Ryuji, what the hell were you dreaming?"
"I don't know... it was some random thought that just popped in my dream at that night...look, when I was little, I used to play whack-a-mole a lot and I usually win every time I match up against somebody in that arcade! It's just that- hey, don't kill me for this!"
Yugi groaned, "We were here talking about how to get back at Mai and Jou, not whack-a-mole..."
"Oh... that," Ryuji frowned, "What were you thinking?"
"I was thinking that... well, how about I tell you what Honda, Ryou, and I were planning first?"
"Good idea... I think I got a pretty decent idea on how to get back at them, anyway." Ryuji smirked. "Megumi and I were talking about it before we actually went to sleep. Well, she threatened me to shut up when she went back to sleep, so I thought about it myself."
"At... what time did she sleep?"
"Twelve-thirty,"
"And... you?"
"... um... five in the morning?"
"YOU'RE WORSE THAN MY BROTHER!" Yugi complained.
Upstairs, Yami was already awake, dressing up when he heard that complaint. He blinked, then shook his head. Geez... what got into him?
Baka... Yugi thought, shaking his head in disbelief. "And that could explain why you were falling asleep in Makimachi-sensei's class when she smacked you on the head..."
"Hey! It was thatone time!"
-Later, at the downtown Domino…-
"You know, maybe having a girl's day out is a good idea!" Anzu smiled brightly as she and Megumi left the store. "I mean, it isn't that bad if you have to take the guys with you!"
"Huh… and here I thought we're going to relax," Megumi sighed, nodding in agreement.
"Well, it's still pretty weird that we encountered Takani-san as well," Anzu paused, "You know, I'm starting to wonder about that name of yours…"
"Anzu!"
"Just kidding!" she grinned, "Did you happen to figure out why she was in the same store with us?"
Megumi paused, "Well, that was unusual… did she say she was buying all of those stuff for her… date? Makicahi-sensei is going on… I think a date with Shinomori-sensei…"
"How in the world did she manage to ask HIM out of all people?"
"Who knows… but pretty much they were going on a double date tonight."
"Double date?" That's odd… first the kissing fiasco between Takani-san and Sagara-sensei, and now this? Anzu thought.
-Flashback-
"You know, I was wondering what clothes you'd buy," Anzu was in the clothes shop with Megumi, who was dragged to go shopping with Anzu. She was already choosing a pair of jeans and a shirt to go with it. Anzu, on the other hand, was looking for shoes as well as a long skirt for the fall.
"Well, I am trying to decide." Her friend answered, "Still… I'm starting to think Yami wasn't asking me out on purpose,"
"Huh? Don't tell me you're still worrying about that conversation last night…" Anzu groaned. "You told me about it when I dragged you out!"
"Yeah, with the help of that idiot brother of mine," Megumi grumbled. "I have to figure out if Mai actually dared him to… you know,"
"I can actually agree with you on that," Anzu sighed, "Unfortunately, I think Ryuji isn't going to ask me out on a date anytime soon."
"What about Mai?"
"She's still arguing with Jou," she answered. "I can still imagine them arguing over who is the supreme one at the school."
"That… is going to take forever," Megumi then noticed someone out of the corner of her eye… someone like… "Hey, Anzu… why is the nurse of our school here in this shop?"
"Eh?" Anzu blinked. "Who-"
"Takani-san is here with Kamiya-sensei and Makimachi-sensei as well!"
"Ehhhhh?" Anzu exclaimed, surprised. "What in the world are they doing here?"
"Beats me," Megumi shrugged.
"Well… why don't we ask them?"
"What? We're about to leave the store already! So why are you suggesting we should go meet some of the teachers at our school?"
"Because," Anzu frowned, "I want to know why in the world those three are doing here…"
"You make it sound like a spy job, Anzu."
"So?"
"So... wouldn't that be an invasion of privacy?"
"Geez... you sound worried for a girl that was asked out by a guy she didn't want to hang with the first time they met..."
"Shut up! I didn't know he was your friend until Ryuji reintroduced me to him!" Megumi exclaimed.
Anzu cackled with laughter, dragging Megumi, "Come on... I'm sure there has to be a good excuse for our teachers to show up in a place like this..."
"ANZU!"
The subject, more like subjects, in question, noticed the two students.
"Well, if it isn't Masaki and Higato!" Makimachi-sensei grinned, "What are you both doing here?"
Anzu smiled, "We were about to ask that as well, Makimachi-sensei. Both Megumi and I were looking for clothes until we noticed you three here!"
"Well," Kamiya-sensei giggled over to Takani-san's direction, "She has an important night ahead of her. As a matter of fact, that night is tonight!"
"Kaoru!" Takani-san's face blushed red with embarrassment and a "I'm-going-to-kill-you-for-this" tone hinted in her voice.
"I see..." Megumi smiled weakly, "Well, I hope you will... survive the night, Takani-san."
"Arigato, Megumi-san," Takani-san nodded, then her face quipped up into a smug smirk (Megumi slightly gulped at that expression; Jou usually calls this the "expression-of-doom", but Mai says he's just exaggerating... even though with that face, Megumi Takani can point out things that people don't notice.), "However... I happen to overhear your conversation with Masaki-san and I have to say... it is interesting to how you are shopping with her and at the same time, talking about a supposed date with a friend with yours. Oh wait, my brother told me about that project he is giving to your class!"
Megumi blushed slightly red. 'Oh shit…'.
Anzu blinked in surprise, interrupting her before she can begin, "Wait... Takani-san... Shinomori-sensei is your brother?"
"We are... not exactly related, but we are still brother and sister," Takani-san sighed, "I guess you can say that my mother decided to keep the last name Takani when she married my step-father." Then her expression came back again, "Now, back to the suppossed subject..."
"Oh yes, speaking of that," Makimachi-sensei decided that she was going to have her little fun, "Our friend, Megumi Takani, has a little date with a certain rooster-head tonight because they are actually double-dating with me and Aoshi!"
"You... and the ice block dating?" Anzu asked, wide-eyed. "He asked you out?"
"Well... I... um... kinda persuaded him to..." Makimachi-sensei blushed, "I mean... Meg, our friend here (motioning to Takani-san), needed my help to get along with niwatori-baka on their first night out for dating and I had to ask if he can accompany us!"
"So... it's technically a date then..." Megumi mused.
"It's not a date!" Takani-san blushed, "Misao... why did you have to say that out loud...?"
"Well, it isn't exactly fair we have to find out about our student's business-"
"Which you guys MUST keep out!" Kaimya-sensei glared at them. She faced Megumi and Anzu, "Gomen nasai, but they were pretty much embarrassed when I found out about it, so I dragged them out here to get prepared for tonight!"
"... shut up," the two women glared at her.
The two students sighed with relief. "So... can we leave?" Megumi asked her.
"It's 'may we leave' if you want to be gramatically correct." Kamiya-sensei corrected her. "And yes, you can leave. I'll take over for their suffering from here."
"HEY!" the two teachers exclaimed at the same time, glaring at their friend.
"Arigato, sensei!" the two girls exclaimed at the same time as they ran for the counter.
-Flashback ends-
"That was a relief Kamiya-sensei decided to save our lives from embarrassment," Anzu grinned, "Don't you say, Megumi?"
"I... don't know," her friend paused, "I think that when we go back to school on Monday, Makimachi-sensei and Takani-san will do ANYTHING to keep our mouths shut about the "dates" or something like it..."
"By... wha- oh shit." Anzu groaned.
Megumi nodded weakly, " 'Oh shit' is right. Let's not say anything about it at all."
"Oh great! Anything else we should be worried about?" Anzu scowled as they walked down the sidewalk. "I mean... there's that project ice-block gave us... then there's Jou and Mai, arguing their heads off... then there's-"
"Um... sumimasen?"
A girl with long red hair was standing behind them, her black eyes looking worried. She was slightly brushing her messy bangs as she was looking at them. She was holding a piece of paper with a bunch of things scribbled in them...
"Yeah? What is it?" Anzu asked, blinking. Does she go to our school...?
"I'm looking for the grocery store... I have honestly never been to downtown before since my parents are the ones who go down here most of the time. I mean... if it isn't any trouble for you both-"
"No, no, it's fine," Megumi smiled polietly, "We can help you find it..." she paused for her name, "Um..."
"It's Momiji Katsuyaka," the girl smiled, "I attend Domino High." (Author's note: Oh shoot... I accidently misspelled her name a few times. Gomen nasai for the error!)
"I knew it," Anzu nodded to herself, "I have seen her with Mai a few times..."
Megumi blinked, "What...? You have?"
Before Anzu can respond, Momiji gasped in surprise, "You guys know Mai Kujyaku?"
"She's our friend... why?" Megumi asked her, "Are you one of her... you know-"
"One of the popular kids?" Momiji blinked, "Well... I dunno. But I know her pretty well,"
"Huh... that's pretty interesting," Anzu smiled, "Come on... we'll take you there. We're on our way to somewhere else, but I think it's around where we are headed to."
As the three girls were walking, Momiji chirped, "So... what are your names?"
"Oh, I'm Anzu Masaki,"
"Megumi Higato,"
Momiji nodded, "Anzu... and Megumi..." then she smiled, "So... you guys are friends since... when you guys were little?"
"No way. I came here in the middle of the first semester of sophmore year with my brother Ryuji," Megumi smiled weakly, "And I met Anzu after I met Mai, Yami, and Yugi. Actually... I crashed into Yami on the first day of school, then Ryuji introduced me to him and Yugi, who introduced me to Mai."
"Oh I see! You guys were friends after you met each other!" Momiji grinned, "I actually like that when they meet new people!"
"Well, I had to show her around the school, but we have somewhat the same intrests and other ideas together," Anzu continued, "Still, we are friends."
Momiji nodded, then she spotted the grocery store, "Oh! There it is! Thanks a lot, you guys!"
Even if we just talked... Megumi thought to herself. Oh well. She is a pretty nice person.
Then she stopped for a minute to face them. "By the way... do you both know a boy named Ryou Bakura?"
Anzu and Megumi faced each other in surprise. "Uh... yeah. He's one of our friends."
"Why do you want to know?" Anzu asked her.
Momiji paused, "Well... um... here!" she handed Anzu a folded paper, "If you see him, can you give this to him?"
"Sure..." the clueless brown-haired girl nodded, "I'll... give it to him if I ever see him..."
"Arigato, Anzu!" Momiji chirped before she entered inside the grocery store. Both girls blinked at each other, looked at each other, looked at the store, then back at each other again.
"Okay... you know, that has to be the weirdest encounter I have ever experienced in my life." Megumi was the first to speak out what was saying in each other's mind.
"I actually agree," Anzu nodded. "Come on... let's go to that store you said you wanted to go to..."
-Meanwhile...-
"Ugh... crap," Jou groaned as he went out of the store with Mai, who was apparently carrying nothing. He, on the other hand, is carrying the five bags of groceries with both hands (and yes, they still have the handcuffs on.) "Why do YOU insist I carry all five of these bags while YOU carry none?"
"It's because I hear you boast about your strength almost every single day, mutt," Mai smirked, "And besides, this is one of the good things of having you around; you can carry all of these groceries for me while I navigate the way back to your home!"
"WHY I OUTTA-! AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH! I'm gonna kill you, MAI!"
"Deal with it," she said in a flat tone. "I can actually tell the entire school what stuffed animal you sleep with-"
"Ack! Don't do that!" Jou exclaimed, blushing in embarrassment and anger, "If you ever do that, Mai, I will make your whole life a hellhole!"
"And just how are you going to do that?" she asked him, frowning, "You've already made my life a hell, thanks to my parents AND these RIDICULOUS pair of handcuffs!"
"Ridiculous? Blame our friends for THIS plan!"
"I'm blaming you for getting me into this situation!"
"WHY YOU LITTLE-"
"What the hell are you doing? You idiots are making a racket at this time of the day..."
Both realized it was Kaiba, who was standing there, shaking his head, snickering. "Actually, I'm just enjoying this lovely conversation between the mutt and the peacock, who are actually two out of three people I hate the most in the high school I attend." The third one being Yami, that is...
"Don't you hate a lot of people already?" Jou glared at him, "And why is it that you think our arguments are soooo funny to you?"
"Hmph. Don't forget we still have detention together on Monday, thanks to you idiots," Kaiba frowned. "and you still remember that-"
"I know, I know. Don't remind me about that, Kaiba," Mai scowled, "It's already bad enough that we are suffering, thanks to you and your damn insults."
Kaiba smirked, "Consider yourself lucky I'm not that mean to you both today; I have my own nasty side saved for a certain rival of mine."
Jou blinked, "Who's that again..."
"It's Yami, dammit!" Mai groaned, "No wonder we complain you are an idiot, Jou!"
"Oh really? It is?"
Kaiba gave him the hardest slap on the head he can find.
"You are an idiot... it's just a matter of time before you start realizing that I will start bring your sister home from her school starting Monday,"
"You ...WHAT!"
Mai groaned, slapping her hand against her forehead.
"From now on, mutt, I'll bring Shizuka home. Got that?" Kaiba glared at him.
"What the... no way! There is no hell's way I'll allow that to happen!"
"Too late," Mai sighed, "I heard your parents talking about it with Shizuka earlier today. They allowed her to go home with Kaiba."
"DAMN!" Jou was about to throw a punch at him... when he remembered the groceries. "Uh... Mai? Can we get out so I won't ruin the groceries my mom wanted us to get?"
"Yeah... just don't kill yourself along the way," Mai nodded, dragging Jou away before he can start yelling more insults out to Kaiba.
The CEO can only shake his head in disbelief, How the hell can both Mai and Shizuka handle living with an idiot like him...? Actually, how can Shizuka live with him in her life?
He sighed as he walked on. He had Mokuba spend the night at his friend's home and decided to have the day off from working at Kaiba Corp due to what he calls "stress." Also, he was thinking about a way to get back at Yami from the incident from when they were young.
Damn... if only there was a way to defeat him in... something...
He paused, then shook his head.
No way. It wouldn't work.
Then before he can walk another step, a motorcycle rushed pass him, nearly flinging him across the street. He dodged just in time, scaring not only the passengers, but the drivers as well. One driver almost collided with the motorcyclist; he was yelling out curses in the cyclist's direction.
"Just who the hell was THAT?" Kaiba barked, irritated. He brushed off the dust, then walked off. "I hope I never see that moron again," he grumbled under his breath.
Unfortunately, if fate ever existed, the whole group will meet that "moron" again. Kaiba included.
(By the way... if you are curious, Jou and Mai dropped the groceries off before leaving the house again. Okay, that was pointless piece of information...)
-Later, after thirty minutes...-
"So, Megumi, have you decided what to buy yet?" Anzu asked Megumi as her friend browsed through the games.
"Well, Ryuji asked me to get something for that Nitendo DS of his... well, there is something I think he would enjoy," Megumi answered. "But then again, this is payback for nearly screwing up my Soul Caliber II file after we first got it."
Anzu blinked in surprise, "That game... came out a couple of years ago. How'd you get it?"
"Ryuji's father bought it from America."
"Oh," Anzu frowned, "You know, Ryuji will kill you if you ever got him something-"
"How's this?" Megumi asked Anzu, showing her Pokemon Trozei. (A/N: That, by the way, is owned by Nitendo. Not me.)
"... annoying... Megumi, that game it too addictive..."
She shrugged, "I got it just to annoy the hell out of Ryuji."
"He'll kill you..." Anzu warned her warily.
"I didn't expect you guys here in this store!"
Malik had a surprised look in his face as he entered in the game store. "This is rather awkward..."
The two girls grinned weakly.
"This has to be second encounter for all three of us," Anzu commented, "I mean... the first time we met, it was when we nearly got tardies for being late!"
Malik smirked, "And that was probably... okay I don't keep track, but how are you guys starting on your project?"
The two girls groaned.
"I can take it that you hated the project from the beginning..." his smirk turned into a serious face.
"That sensei is going to die!" Anzu exclaimed.
Megumi groaned, "You wanted to kill Shinomori-sensei ever since you got that-"
"Hey! If it isn't Megumi, Anzu, and Malik!"
The three knew it was Mai and Jou as soon as they heard that voice.
"Huh... what a coincidence," Malik stepped out of the handcuffed duo's way just so they can get through. "What are you both doing here?"
"Just to have a look around... not a whole lot of new games here, right?"
Megumi shook her head, "Nope... but I did get something to annoy Ryuji."
"If it's that new Pokemon game Honda's been complaining about, you better run far away from Ryuji as possible," Jou snickered as Mai started laughing.
"HEY!"
Malik laughed as well, "Were you both about to leave?"
"Yeah, we were, but now that you three are here..." Anzu paused, "How about we do something after we get out of this shop?"
"Um... how about the park?" Mai suggested.
"Nah," Jou shook his head, "Those are boooooring."
"Unlike you, moron..."
"WHAT WAS THAT!"
"How about the arcade?" Megumi suggested, "I think there's a dance contest every weekend..."
"Not today," Anzu shook her head. "I don't want to encounter with him again..."
"Well then..." Malik paused, "How about the docks?"
Jou froze as soon as he heard the last word, "What did you suggest?"
"The... docks," Malik frowned, facing Jou, "Is something wrong?" Both Megumi and Anzu looked at Jou as well, hoping for an explanation.
"Tch... I hate the docks..." Jou scowled at Malik.
"Doushite? Bad experience?" he asked the blonde.
"More like a terrible experience if you tell me," Mai grinned evilly, "I can tell you if you want-"
"No! Whatever the hell you do, DO NOT TELL!" Jou gritted his teeth.
Mai still had that evil grin, "Oh really, Jou? This would a good time to tease you about it..."
"Peacock..." he gritted between his teeth, irritated.
"Not now... how about after we get the games we go there?" Anzu giggled, noticing the way Jou is irritated.
After fifteen minutes of looking through the games, the five teenagers were on their way to the docks, despite the way Jou in protesting about it.
"I am STILL going to bet YOU for even suggesting the docks, Malik!" Jou exclaimed, glaring at him.
Malik started to snicker, much to Jou's despair, "Why in the world would I even suggest that? IU was just wondering that we can all go there for a while..."
"You know how much I hate the docks!" Jou glanced at Mai for help.
"Hm... let's see..." Mai paused for only half a second, "Nope! Still going to the docks!"
"NANI! MAI!"
"Just why the hell do you hate the docks so much, anyway?" Malik asked Jou, but he was too furious to answer.
Anzu and Megumi were laughing, "Why don't you tell, Mai?"
"Oh, I was wondering if that can wait until we can get to the actual place so it would make it EVEN better-"
"Well, well, well... what's this?"
The five froze right away. That... comment did not come from any one of them at all. It was a new voice, and he sounded like he just found his prey. Jou, who was really pale, recognized the voice. However, just for his own safety, he kept his trap shut. None of them even bothered to look at the person who said the voice; they were too scared. (Jou was the most scared.)
Oh... shit... it's-
Another laughter was heard, "What's wrong, mutt? You scared? Or are you just surprised to see us again?"
The source of the first person obviously has a smirk planted on his face, "You know, Jou, it's been a while since we fought... and what have we got here?"
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To be Continued...
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A/N: Maybe I shouldn't have left it as a cliffhanger...
Since this is a Yugioh/Rurouni Kenshin crossover fic, try and guess who the two people are. However, let me say these facts first:
1. They attend high school. That's obvious...
2. They are not Weevil or Rex at all. (And no... I'm not placing them in...)
3. They are not part of the friggin' yakuza! (That, by the way, is a pretty big gang in Japan that is like the mafia... I don't even want to go researching more about them.)
4. You can tell the first person is a guy. The second person... I'll leave that person up to you.
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Glossary: (look through chapters 10 and 11 and do it from there. This is going to be a VEEEERRRRY long list…)
From Chapter 10:
Gomen nasai: I'm sorry…
onii-san: big brother (It's the formal way of saying it in Japan.)
Nani: What?
(place name here) –kun: This is a way of saying the names of boys that are younger than you. After I looked at this again from Chapter 10, I realized I goofed.
sensei: Teacher
keitai: cellphone
itachi: weasel; Misao's nickname
Chotto: Wait…
Moshi moshi: A greeting in Japan when answering phone calls
From chapter 11:
Ohayo: Good morning!
Che: Shit!
Nani: What?
Arigato: Thank you!
Baka: Okay, I think it means: idiot, stupid, moron, … well, I'm not listing them all.
Moshi moshi: Look up at the definition I wrote for Chapter 10.
Doushite: Why?
By the way… this didn't turn out too long… some of the words that were used in Chapter 10 were the same for this chapter as well. Me, being stupidly lazy and all decided not to copy all of the words again.
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That's all... for now... erk... that... didn't go out too well...
Aoshi: maybe you should improve your story a bit more, if you have to.
Me: (grumbles) ...thanks, ice block.
Misao: What the HELL was that?
Aoshi: (glares) I did not need to be called that, thank you very much.
Me: (notices the kunais and kodachis behind them) Should I run by now?
Aoshi and Misao: (nods at the same time)
Me: (quickly runs out of her chair) AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
Saitou: (walks in, notices the chase, then shakes head after he sits down, smoking.) Ahou.
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