Chapter: 2
Panic
Kaiba didn't even know it was Yami that passed him just seconds ago; he was too busy with his books. "Damn Corporation.. 'make a new system for Duel Monsters, the people are bored' they say. Bah.. easier said than done." Kaiba mumbled to himself as he continued scribbling, and reading. He had been there so long he couldn't remember, trying to make up a system that was suitable. And here he was, forced to come to a.. public.. library.
Yami scowled and 'hmphed.' He simply could not find what he was looking for. "Atlas of the New World, Maps of the World, Encyclopedias... Hell, I don't even know what they're studying!" Yami said frustrated as he ran his fingers over the spines of books he was searching through.
Kaiba shot his head up. "That sounded like..... Yami?" Kaiba had longed to see his rival and challenge him to another duel. He moved his eyes a little, looking around, but saw nothing. 'It's just my imagination.' He said to himself, going back to his reading and scribbling.
Yami sighed in defeat. "I should have asked Yugi or the others what to look for before I came here." Nonetheless, he continued looking, hoping to find something that he thought they would learn in school, such as the world wars.
"I know I heard it that time." Kaiba again muttered to himself, looking up from his books and placing his pencil down on top of them. He got up and walked forward, glancing into the isles filled with books. Then as he glanced, he stopped, and he saw Yami kneeling on the ground, checking the bottom most row of books for something. Kaiba smirked. 'Now is my chance.' "Yami!" He yelled, and Yami shot his head up to stare Kaiba straight in the eye.
Yami stood, forgetting about the books, and folded his arms across his chest. "I see you found out I was here." Yami said, returning Kaiba's smirk.
Kaiba pointed at him. "I challenge you to a Duel, Yami, right here, right now!" Kaiba practically yelled, and Yami's eyes shot wide. "Yes, that's right, I want a rematch right now!"
Yami was taken aback at the sudden outburst. "We cannot Duel in a library." He said matter-of-factly. "Besides, I've beaten you twice before, there is no need for us to further rematch." Yami's smirk returned to him, the King of Games proud that he was the only one to ever have beaten the almighty Seto Kaiba. And the only one to ever have beaten the brothers Para and Dox as well.
Clenching his fists, Seto gritted his teeth.
He 'hmphed' and spun on his heel, walking back towards the desk that had all of his clutter on it. He slammed into his seat making it creak rather loudly, then started writing - but he didn't get far when he broke his pencil in two.
The two exchanged glares for what was ten minutes, but what seemed like an eternity to them. By the time they were done, or rather, Kaiba was done expressing his anger, Kaiba had broken his pencil fifty ways.
Just then, the lights in the building went out.
Both of them looked up, and they noticed that the crowd of people and the subtle sound of people whispering were gone. "They must be closing, we'd better get out of here." Yami said, keeping his gaze to the empty upstairs. Kaiba didn't say anything, he hated to admit when the King of Games was right.
Yami sighed and reprimanded himself for not finding the proper book for Yugi. Kaiba put all of the books he was using back in their proper places, shoved his papers into his pockets, and walked up the stairs. Yami folded his arms again, and followed Kaiba upstairs to go home. He wanted to see how Yugi was doing, anyway. He'd ask Yugi which book to get and come back for it later.
*****
Reaching the door, Kaiba pushed angrily at it. He pushed again. And again. It wouldn't budge.
"What's the matter Kaiba? Just open the door." Yami exclaimed, frustrated. He wanted to get the hell home.
"I'm trying to open the door!" Kaiba yelled, pushing even harder. "It won't open!" A little sweat formed at his brow as he continued to push, but to no avail.
Yami chuckled. "Can't even open a door?"
Kaiba gritted his teeth and spun to Yami. "Why don't you try it then, big shot?!?!" He exclaimed, motioning towards the door.
Yami smirked and stepped towards the door, placing his hands on it. He pushed with all of his pharaoh strength, but he just could not open it. He stopped, and looked down at the handle that ran across it. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a chart on the wall. It had the listings of the opening and closing times on it. It read:
Monday - Thursday 7:00 am - 9:00 pm Friday 7:00 am - 8:00 pm Saturday - Sunday 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
"Yami? What are you looking at? Help me try and open the door!"
But Yami didn't seem to hear Kaiba, as he looked around for a clock. On the far wall, behind that, was a clock. It read: 8:07. Yami's eyes widened. 'We're - locked in here?!'
"YAMI! Help me open the friggin' door!!"
"It's no use Kaiba." Yami said. "It's after closing time. We're locked in here." He hung his head low.
Kaiba's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. 'Locked in?! Me and Yami?! LOCKED IN?!' His mind screamed. "Well, it's not that bad, we can get out tomorrow morning." He sighed reassured that it wouldn't be *that* tormenting if he only had to spend one night here.
Yami shook his head and looked up at Kaiba. "We won't be out of here until Monday."
"WHAT?!"
"Have you forgotten,. Kaiba? It's Labor day weekend. Labor day means nobody works. Nobody will be here until Monday."
Kaiba was speechless. He actually had to spend two days locked in the library with Yami? Yami of all people?? His worst enemy?! 'This is a nightmare.' "So basically, you're telling me, that we have to spend an entire 48 hours together in here."
He simply nodded in response.
Kaiba banged his head against the damned door, shifting his eyes to look at the ceiling.
'Somebody up there hates me.'
Panic
Kaiba didn't even know it was Yami that passed him just seconds ago; he was too busy with his books. "Damn Corporation.. 'make a new system for Duel Monsters, the people are bored' they say. Bah.. easier said than done." Kaiba mumbled to himself as he continued scribbling, and reading. He had been there so long he couldn't remember, trying to make up a system that was suitable. And here he was, forced to come to a.. public.. library.
Yami scowled and 'hmphed.' He simply could not find what he was looking for. "Atlas of the New World, Maps of the World, Encyclopedias... Hell, I don't even know what they're studying!" Yami said frustrated as he ran his fingers over the spines of books he was searching through.
Kaiba shot his head up. "That sounded like..... Yami?" Kaiba had longed to see his rival and challenge him to another duel. He moved his eyes a little, looking around, but saw nothing. 'It's just my imagination.' He said to himself, going back to his reading and scribbling.
Yami sighed in defeat. "I should have asked Yugi or the others what to look for before I came here." Nonetheless, he continued looking, hoping to find something that he thought they would learn in school, such as the world wars.
"I know I heard it that time." Kaiba again muttered to himself, looking up from his books and placing his pencil down on top of them. He got up and walked forward, glancing into the isles filled with books. Then as he glanced, he stopped, and he saw Yami kneeling on the ground, checking the bottom most row of books for something. Kaiba smirked. 'Now is my chance.' "Yami!" He yelled, and Yami shot his head up to stare Kaiba straight in the eye.
Yami stood, forgetting about the books, and folded his arms across his chest. "I see you found out I was here." Yami said, returning Kaiba's smirk.
Kaiba pointed at him. "I challenge you to a Duel, Yami, right here, right now!" Kaiba practically yelled, and Yami's eyes shot wide. "Yes, that's right, I want a rematch right now!"
Yami was taken aback at the sudden outburst. "We cannot Duel in a library." He said matter-of-factly. "Besides, I've beaten you twice before, there is no need for us to further rematch." Yami's smirk returned to him, the King of Games proud that he was the only one to ever have beaten the almighty Seto Kaiba. And the only one to ever have beaten the brothers Para and Dox as well.
Clenching his fists, Seto gritted his teeth.
He 'hmphed' and spun on his heel, walking back towards the desk that had all of his clutter on it. He slammed into his seat making it creak rather loudly, then started writing - but he didn't get far when he broke his pencil in two.
The two exchanged glares for what was ten minutes, but what seemed like an eternity to them. By the time they were done, or rather, Kaiba was done expressing his anger, Kaiba had broken his pencil fifty ways.
Just then, the lights in the building went out.
Both of them looked up, and they noticed that the crowd of people and the subtle sound of people whispering were gone. "They must be closing, we'd better get out of here." Yami said, keeping his gaze to the empty upstairs. Kaiba didn't say anything, he hated to admit when the King of Games was right.
Yami sighed and reprimanded himself for not finding the proper book for Yugi. Kaiba put all of the books he was using back in their proper places, shoved his papers into his pockets, and walked up the stairs. Yami folded his arms again, and followed Kaiba upstairs to go home. He wanted to see how Yugi was doing, anyway. He'd ask Yugi which book to get and come back for it later.
*****
Reaching the door, Kaiba pushed angrily at it. He pushed again. And again. It wouldn't budge.
"What's the matter Kaiba? Just open the door." Yami exclaimed, frustrated. He wanted to get the hell home.
"I'm trying to open the door!" Kaiba yelled, pushing even harder. "It won't open!" A little sweat formed at his brow as he continued to push, but to no avail.
Yami chuckled. "Can't even open a door?"
Kaiba gritted his teeth and spun to Yami. "Why don't you try it then, big shot?!?!" He exclaimed, motioning towards the door.
Yami smirked and stepped towards the door, placing his hands on it. He pushed with all of his pharaoh strength, but he just could not open it. He stopped, and looked down at the handle that ran across it. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a chart on the wall. It had the listings of the opening and closing times on it. It read:
Monday - Thursday 7:00 am - 9:00 pm Friday 7:00 am - 8:00 pm Saturday - Sunday 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
"Yami? What are you looking at? Help me try and open the door!"
But Yami didn't seem to hear Kaiba, as he looked around for a clock. On the far wall, behind that, was a clock. It read: 8:07. Yami's eyes widened. 'We're - locked in here?!'
"YAMI! Help me open the friggin' door!!"
"It's no use Kaiba." Yami said. "It's after closing time. We're locked in here." He hung his head low.
Kaiba's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. 'Locked in?! Me and Yami?! LOCKED IN?!' His mind screamed. "Well, it's not that bad, we can get out tomorrow morning." He sighed reassured that it wouldn't be *that* tormenting if he only had to spend one night here.
Yami shook his head and looked up at Kaiba. "We won't be out of here until Monday."
"WHAT?!"
"Have you forgotten,. Kaiba? It's Labor day weekend. Labor day means nobody works. Nobody will be here until Monday."
Kaiba was speechless. He actually had to spend two days locked in the library with Yami? Yami of all people?? His worst enemy?! 'This is a nightmare.' "So basically, you're telling me, that we have to spend an entire 48 hours together in here."
He simply nodded in response.
Kaiba banged his head against the damned door, shifting his eyes to look at the ceiling.
'Somebody up there hates me.'