A/N: I'm back again, with the actual plot this time! This'll be the end of filler chapters for a while, but I dont think anyone will complain about that.
So what have you guys been up to, lately? To me, life has been great for me these past few weeks :) So many things have happened!
Una: mind you, she's just using this as an excuse to brag about how happy she is to have joined the student council, and have joined the choir for her school's performance of "Blues Brothers".
Nordic: (Laughs awkwardly.) Well... if you put it that way... But why shouldn't I be happy about that? I'm going to help the school, and perform! I like helping people, and I love to perform! Nordic is happy!
Una: weren't you supposed to tell the readers about the chapter, instead of being stupid and talking with me... in other words, talking with yourself, as I am a product of your twisted mind?
Nordic: ... no comments.
I don't know if any of you remember Sobokuna Kokatsuna. Y'know, that girl who decided to make Una her new best friend to get famous? Yeah, she's in this chapter. Read the chapter to find out more. Now, if you will excuse me... I'm just going to sit in the corner under my emo cloud...
Enjoy the chapter!
The true face
Yugi:
Yugi almost couldn't believe his own eyes. Then he smiled happily, though he was grinning like a love struck idiot on the inside, and ran to her.
"Good morning, Una. What are you doing here this early?" he asked as he stood next to her.
She smiled a little nervously. "I… I just wanted to walk to school with you today. Talk a little…" she said, looking at her book bag made of light brown leather, which she was holding in her hands.
Yugi smiled. "Sure! Company is always nice," he said as they began walking next to each other, feeling strangely giddy.
Atem:
Atem watched and listened as Yugi and Una made small talk while walking to school. (Well, Yugi did most of the talking. Una was mostly listening to him talk about random things, and asking a question once in a while.) Watched, because he wanted to know how this girl his partner had fallen for looked, and listened, because her voice seemed familiar to him.
He had to admit, she was very pretty. Her golden hair went, much to his surprise, nicely with her dark eyes and pale skin. She appeared to be observing the world, taking in every little leaf and crack in the pavement as if it was something precious. As she was a little smaller than Yugi, he noticed her hair had lighter streaks in it, instead of being a single color. Strangely, that reminded him of something, too. What was it with this girl?
He didn't like it. He didn't like it one bit. She seemed too familiar. The problem was: was she friend or foe?
But since Yugi seemed to have taken a liking to her, he decided to keep his mouth shut and be happy for his friend. Seeing him so happy… maybe he was just jealous of the boy. Yes, that had to be it.
It didn't mean he liked the girl because of that, though.
It wasn't until Una spoke up a little louder, looking like she was concentrating very hard on something, and said, "Listen, Yugi, there was something I wanted to ask you…"
Atem and Yugi looked at the girl. Since they had arrived at Domino High, they had both stopped, so Yugi could look her into her eyes.
"Yes? What is it, Una?" Yugi asked, smiling at her in a friendly way.
Una bit her lip a little. "Would you and your friends… WAH!" Una tried to say, but was cut off by a strange girl glomping her.
"Yamagawa-san! Good morning, it's so good to see you!" she exclaimed, hugging the girl tighter.
Being bound to Yugi much stronger than before, Atem quickly noticed the dislike Yugi held for this girl. She had green hair, was smaller than both him and Una, and had dark green eyes that shone in a way that disgusted Atem.
Fake honesty, fake friendship… everything the girl emitted was fake, be it emotions or appearance. She wasn't truly happy to see Una. She didn't care if her morning was good or not. All she cared about was herself.
In that second, he liked Una a little bit better, because her eyes were filled with disgust as she looked at the girl, trying to get out of the embrace.
"…Good morning… Kokatsuna-san…" she said in a strained voice, as if she was trying hard to be civil with the girl.
A few seconds later, and an apologetic look from Una to Yugi, Una was dragged off by a giggling and chatting Kokatsuna, looking like she'd much rather be with Yugi instead of the fake, hyper girl.
Atem noticed Yugi staring after the girls. His mind was frozen on one thing.
"What… the heck… just happened…?" Yugi said.
~Well if you ask me, I'd say your little girlfriend just got kidnapped… by a crazy… what is it anyways?~ Atem asked, looking in the same direction that creature had gone, as he decided it was too strange to be human.
Yugi sighed, and headed inside and towards his classroom. ~First, Atem, don't call Sobokuna Kokatsuna an it; it's rude. Second, she is the class president of the class a year younger than mine. She may be naïve... but I'm beginning to think it's just a façade she's holding up…~ He replied to the spirit.
~Got that right… didn't mean a thing she just said… I hate that kind of people,~ Atem said, almost sneering, as he appeared in front of Yugi. The latter sighed.
~Well, there's nothing we can do. Without the puzzle you have no access to shadow magic, thus you cannot stop her. But trust me, if it was possible, I'd stop her right away. But the world doesn't work like that. Though I have a feeling Kokatsuna will soon regret she ever faked friendship with Una…~ Yugi said, as he began doing his morning duties.
Atem stared at the boy. ~What makes you say that?~ he asked, curious.
Yugi chuckled a bit darkly. ~Kaiba warned me about her explosive temper. Trust me when I say it won't be pretty once Una snaps,~ Yugi said.
Yugi:
Yugi looked around as his friends soon entered the classroom, greeting him with good mornings and hopes that both the spirit and boy had had a nice night full of sleep.
"Well, besides from Atem being depressed and heartbroken, I slept well," Yugi said smiling, as he teased the spirit.
Being more than a little annoyed, Atem took over the body for a few moments and sneered, "Well, my morning would have been just perfect, had this idiot not stuck his head in ice water to wake me up! Seriously, I was having a very nice dream!"
Tea, Joey, and Tristan laughed. Yugi got his body back and said, "You could just have woken up when I said good morning. And I told you earlier, it was revenge for yesterday. And you know revenge is a dish best served cold."
This backhanded comment pushed Atem into another rant filled with curses and insults, which Yugi ignored. Instead he turned to Tea.
"Did you send Ishizu an e-mail?" he asked. She nodded.
"I haven't gotten an answer yet, though. But that's understandable from what I've heard about from her letters. Apparently, Pegasus has dragged her and her brothers into the desert, mostly for fun. I'll never understand that man, I really never will…" she mumbled the last part.
This made the group laugh again as she shook her head as if she had given up.
"Well, we'll just have to wait until…" Yugi said, but he was cut off, for suddenly there was the sound of someone very annoyed outside the class.
"Yes, this is really my natural skin tone. And I've told you over and over, I do not have any fancy ways to become thin! I'm this way naturally. Let go of my arm, Kokatsuna-san, this is my classroom… yes… I'll see you during lunch…" Una then entered the classroom, her face red and eyes tired.
She looked towards Yugi, Tea, Joey, and Tristan and sighed. Without a word, she walked to them, sat down by her table and sighed again.
"Oh, for the love of God, that girl is annoying…" she whispered, her face in her hands.
Tea smiled at her. "Is something wrong, Una?" she asked.
Una looked up at her, her expression thoughtful, as if she was debating with herself whether she should tell her or not. Finally she put her head on the table and said, "It's Kokatsuna… she won't leave me alone! And she keeps invading my personal space! And touch me… and she won't listen… and she's just… oh, for the love of God, why?"
Yugi felt as if he had been stabbed, when he saw Una's expression. She looked helpless and lost. "Is there something I can do? I mean, I am class president. There must be something…" he said, wanting to help her.
Una looked up at him, a tired smile on her face. "It's very sweet of you, Yugi, but I'm fine. I think I can handle it on my own," she said, her pendant flashing white for a moment.
Yugi stared at it in amazement for a while. He didn't even notice his friends had begun talking again, Joey teasing Una about the newly discovered "do not touch me" rule she apparently had, until Una suddenly said, "Oh, yeah. Now I remember, there was something I wanted to ask you." She was looking at Yugi.
At first Yugi was confused, but then he remembered Una had wanted to ask him something just before Kokatsuna had kidnapped her. "Yes, that's right. What is it?" he asked, smiling.
Una smiled back and was about to say something, when their teacher entered the classroom, starting the lesson.
Yugi sighed. Seemed like the world was against Una asking him something today. Just wonderful.
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She sat completely still on the roof, her eyes closed. One might think she was asleep, but she was anything but sleeping.
She was scanning minds. The proof was the glowing pendulum in her hand.
"That Kokatsuna is really getting on my nerves. Maybe I should do something about it?" she thought, as she lingered on that particular girl's mind.
"Oh, God, not again. Please don't do anything. Emi hasn't been released from the hospital yet, she's not even awake! You were being way too hard on her," the voice in her mind complained.
She frowned. "That girl deserved everything she got, and you know that. And just like Koroki, Kokatsuna has no good intentions in mind," she thought back, trying to reason with the voice.
"No! I will not allow it! You just can't hurt people, even though their minds are… was it impure you called them?" the other voice said, sneering at the last part.
She just laughed at the voice, causing it to grumble angrily.
"I don't think it's funny! What good comes from changing people? People have to change on their own. If they don't want to, then that's their loss if they end up unhappy," it said, matter-of-factly.
She smiled. "Ah, but see, this is where the good comes in from me changing them: who wants to be alone and unhappy?" she asked.
The other voice didn't answer. She waited. Still no answer. She smirked confidently.
"I'm sorry, I didn't quite get that. Could you slow down so I can get all of your protests correctly?" She asked, enjoying the feeling of defeat coming from the other presence.
"I want you to wait a little bit. I want to see for a final time if she will listen. If not… ugh, I can't believe I'm saying this… then do as you wish," it said, admitting she was right.
She smiled imperiously at the words. "Deal," she said, and sniggered.
Timeskip to lunch period.
Yugi:
Yugi sat with his friends, minus Una, in the big dining area and enjoyed his boxed lunch in relative peace. Relative, because nothing was ever peaceful in the big dining area.
In one corner the athletes were talking loudly about some kind of ballgame.
In another corner the group of technology happy students, including Kaiba when he bothered to eat in public, sat around their laptops typing away at them. Probably designing something crazy or hacking each others' Facebook accounts.
In yet another corner the little group of exchange students had gathered. It was an unwritten rule of theirs: meet once a week to eat together and hear about their friends' adventures.
And finally, there were all the other different groups of friends, including Yugi's group; just sitting at random tables, chatting and pulling pranks on other people. Though it wasn't what one would call peaceful, Yugi enjoyed the happy commotion. It was oddly contagious.
But suddenly something broke off the happy feel to everything, when a well-known, but definitely not happy, voice cut through the room.
"WOULD YOU JUST GET OFF ME, YOU INSUFFERABLE EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING?!" Una yelled angrily.
Yugi stood and looked across the room. Close to the doors leading outside, Una stood with Kokatsuna standing a few feet from her and looking up at her. And Una was, to put it mildly, pissed.
Una:
Una was walking calmly down the hallway, humming a little tune to herself. She had just enjoyed a nice boxed lunch, courtesy of Kino, another one of their chefs, and was feeling happy and full. Now, if she could just get to ask Yugi that question, her day would be completely perfect.
Except, it wasn't exactly perfect. There came her stalker again.
"Yamagawa-san! Where have you been? I've been looking all over the place for you, girl!" Kokatsuna said cheerily as she clung onto Una's arm.
Una sighed and said: "Let go, please. And I just went to eat lunch for myself."
Kokatsuna didn't let go, but pouted. "But Una-chaan! We're friends! Shouldn't friends eat together?" she whined, holding Una's arm tighter.
Una felt her brow twitch. "Una-chan? When did I give you my permission to call me that? And didn't I tell you to let go of me?" she said, her voice losing a bit of her politeness.
Kokatsuna giggled. "Silly Una-chan. Since we're good friends, I thought I'd stop calling you Yamagawa-san! It sounds better, too. I bet I'm the first one to call you that!" she said, still holding on to the arm in a vice like grip, ignoring Una's request.
Una began to feel the anger building up in her. Like little carbon dioxide bubbles in a bottle of soda. "No, you're not. And I don't want you to call me that. We're not even close to being close friends. Oh, and let go of me!" She said, beginning to sneer. She felt her pendant stirring with her anger, as it always mirrored her mood.
Kokatsuna just laughed. "Silly Una-chan, of course we are friends. I've done so much for you," she sang happily. It was beginning to seriously get on Una's nerves.
She frowned and began fuming, not able to keep her anger down anymore. "You've done nothing for me! Well, you've been keeping me from my friends and other people! You're trying to take me all for yourself, and you won't listen! I don't need someone to follow me like a puppy. I don't need fake friends LIKE YOU!" Una sneered angrily.
But it was as if Kokatsuna was both blind and deaf, since she didn't react to Una's now obvious anger and said, "Say, aren't Kaiba Corp. and Yama-Tech. Inc. having a big party and revealing this Saturday? What time shall I arrive? Is there a dress code? I am so excited to meet all those rich and famous people, Una-chan! We're going to have so much fun, just you and I. I can't wait to get out of this…"
"WOULD. YOU. JUST. GET. OFF. ME! YOU INSUFFERABLE EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING?!" Una snapped, tearing her arm from Kokatsuna, almost making her fall.
Kokatsuna looked at her with big eyes. "Una-chan…" she whispered, looking shocked.
"Don't you 'Una-chan' me, you little leech! For almost a week, you've been following me around, disturbing my peace, violating my personal space, and never listening once to what I've said!" Una yelled. She was well aware that her pendant was probably black as coal now, but she didn't care. This girl was pissing her off.
Kokatsuna looked at her with big eyes, trying to look innocent and hurt, to make Una look like the villain, but Una could see the anger hidden under it.
"But… but Una-chan… I'm your friend… I would never…" she said, her voice a very obvious fake innocent tone. Una snorted.
"You, my friend? Ha, you must be joking! All you want is to get higher up in the ranks, become famous, and laugh at all of the people you've stepped on to get there," she said, looking at the green haired girl with disgust.
Someone in the crowd said, "That's right! Say the truth to her face! We're tired of seeing her suck up to anybody with a high social status!"
Una looked over her shoulder at the person, to see it was one of the exchange students. She smiled at her, and saluted once, earning her a grin. She noticed her pendant bobbed once, as if it approved of the gesture, and chuckled. When she turned her attention back to Kokatsuna, she smirked.
The friendly façade was gone. Instead, Kokatsuna was glaring at her, her eyes looking slightly red.
Una bent her head to Kokatsuna's eye-level, being a little taller than her, and asked, "What? Is the truth about yourself too nasty for you to accept? Or do you honestly believe everybody thinks you're as naïve as you seem to be?"
Kokatsuna's face turned red with anger, and she finally began talking. "You… you… how dare you talk to me that way?!" she screamed, turning purple for a moment.
Una still smirked at her, though her feelings of pity for the attention-desperate girl sneaked into her eyes. "Why, that's simple. I do it because you really need to learn a lesson. And face it, kid. That nasty little mask you wear is not helping at all. So why don't you just scram and find some friends who are just like you? I'm sure they'll teach you how awful it is to be surrounded by masks of plastic," she said, turning around on her heel and walking down to where she had spotted Yugi and the others.
Sobokuna:
She stared after Una with empty eyes as she walked away. Then rage took over.
"YOU BRAT! AFTER ALL MY HARD WORK AT PRETENDING YOU'RE SOMETHING 'OH SO SPECIAL', THIS IS ALL I GET? NOTHING BUT A BETRAYAL?!" she screamed angrily.
Una looked calmly over her shoulder, staring at her with void eyes. "How can I betray you when you have done nothing for me? Have I not told you countless times to leave me alone, and you ignored it?" she asked.
Sobokuna felt heat rising to her cheeks. "You… go to hell, stupid goose! Go back to the stinking, cold, pointless country you came from!" she noticed a stone lying almost next to her foot. It was the perfect size, and, boy, would it be wonderful when it hit the brat, straight in the face. "Just… just die!" she yelled, taking a step to the left and picking it up.
She didn't even get to raise it above her head.
A couple of the male exchange students had run to her and grabbed both of her arms. They hissed something to her in their native language. Though she didn't understand a word of it, she knew it was a threat if she ever did something like that again. Despite this, she didn't let go of the rock. Only when she felt one of them twist her wrist into a painful angle did she drop it.
They dragged her outside and let go of her, staring her down. She glared back.
They spat something out in their native language again and walked away, their fronts facing her all the time, to prevent her from attacking them from behind.
Angrily, Sobokuna stared after the boys, her fists clenched so hard that her nails drew blood. Only one thought was on her mind.
Revenge on Una Yamagawa. And it couldn't happen fast enough.
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Somewhere, a girl looked at Sobokuna Kokatsuna, as the latter paced back and forth, preparing her revenge on Una. She smirked.
"It seems like I'll be busy this afternoon~!" she sang, rocking back and forth on her feet as if swaying to some kind of music.
"Oh, yes, I'll be having lots of fun with the Crystal Pendulum today~! And those with evil in mind will pay~! AH HAHAHAHAHAAAAA!" she laughed, disappearing into the shadows, planning when to strike.
After today, Sobokuna Kokatsuna would never be the same again.
Ever!
A/N: the drama! It's too much! It's... ajfghjxakjgfghfghm! I am SO happy with this chapter! By far, one of my favourites! Drama, fights, a hint of fluff, a little bit of insanity... It. Is. Perfect!
I have noticed the chapters are getting a little longer than what I usually write. I don't know if it's a good or bad thing.
And once more, I would like to remind my dear readers of the poll. So far, 5 persons have voted, but I would like for a few more to vote, before I decide anything. So hop on over to my profile, and give off a vote!
Special thanks:The Queen of Water, Aimee-Leigh .M. Attwood, Aqua Girl 007, Scaevola2, SerenePanic, Airheadninja, Crystalbird1769, anna the viking XD, xxxPureRosexxx, Pirate Queen ofthe 21st centry, mika . layni and last, but definitely not least, ThunderNinjaBird!
All of you are so awesome, because you are kind enough to tell me what you think about my story! And a huge thank you to all of you, because you joined me in prayer for my friend. So far, she looks great! I'm sure she will win the fight.
A quick little "I'm sorry" to mika . layni. I have no clue what happened, but your name got deleted, when I had written it and saved the changes... and I tried many times, but it happened over and over again! Grrrr! I hate when that happens! And it just did it again, when I saved the last changes on this, so I've added a little bit of space in your penname. This was the only way, it would keep it on the page.
On the last note, I would like to tell you, that the amazing Crystalbird1769 is in the middle of making a piece of fanart for me! It's a picture of the hidden lake from chapter 13: "Angry Mokuba". I've seen how it looks so far, and I tell you: it's going to be awesome! Thank you Crystal!
Well, I guess I see you all next time!
-Nordic Twin.
