AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This chapter took so long to
write!!! I couldn't figure out how this would work out. I sat there
watching one episode of Yu-Gi-Oh over, and over, and over, then my muse hit
me over the head with a frying pan. I'm a genius!!! *glomps Yami doll* I'm
so smart!
Yes, Yami is OOC, but I couldn't help it, he HARD to write normal. I
have respect for anyone who can write him IC. And I'm sorry that Crystal
kind of turned out like a Mary sue, I didn't want her to, and I mean to
change her personality in the next few chapters.
On with the disclaimer: I may be a thief and a stealer of souls, BUT I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH!!!!
Crystal took a seat near Yami, but didn't look at him. The teacher droned on about the crimes of the 'dark' prince some more, then assigning them homework. "You are to work in pairs, which I will assign. Then I will tell you what your project is." there were groans all around, the teacher had a knack for assigning partners that you would never have picked. She wrote the names of the partners on the board, and there were more groans. Yugi was lucky, he was with Joey. They couldn't work at Joey's house, and since Yami and Yugi shared a room, Yami and his partner would have to work somewhere else. Yami was busy stuffing his books in his bag, so he didn't know who he was working with. When he did look up, he wished he hadn't.
Yami Mouto and Crystal Pegasus
Yami put his head in his hands. This was going to be interesting. Very interesting. "You are to do an essay on some part of Ancient Egypt. I don't care what, but it must be at least 100,000 words long. It's due on Monday." (It's now Friday) "What?!?!" Joey said, staring at the teacher like she'd lost her mind. "You heard me. Now get out. The bell rang." The class made a mad dash for the door, trying not to knock each other over. "100,000 words?!" "Due Monday?!" " So," Crystal said, coming up behind him. "What are we going to do this ridiculously long report on?" "We could do it on the ancient version of Duel Monsters," Yami said, keeping his voice causal. "Huh. With the way I duel, that could go on for pages upon pages." Crystal smirked " Same," Yami said, before calling to Yugi, "Hay Yugi, I'm going over to Crystal's to work on the report, I'll be home for dinner." Yugi nodded his understanding, before heading off to the game shop, Jou in tow.
~*~
Crystal shoved open the heavy oak door, and lead Yami inside. He only had a moment to gape before Crystal pulled him up the stairs to her room. She shut the door behind her, and Yami found himself facing the biggest collection of duel monsters he had ever seen. Crystal smirked at him, before sitting down at her desk. She popped open a laptop and double clicked a file. "We could compare the new card to that of Ancient Egypt," she said, while typing. "Sounds good to me," Yami said. They worked until long past dinner, Yami calling Yugi to let him know he would be home late. It was almost midnight when Yami stumbled into Yugi's room, to find his Hikari sitting in a chair with a book in his lap, asleep. Yami smiled, and put Yugi in his bed and pulled the blankets over him. Then, with a flash, he disappeared into his soul room.
~*~
The next day, Yami was up before seven and heading over to Crystal's house. He ran into Joey at the door, who looked as tired as Yami felt. Yami just nodded, then headed down the street to Pegasus's house. Crystal open the door when he knocked, and looked tired but happy. " I did a word count after you left. We only need 200 more words." she said, beaming. Yami grinned back, then they ran up the stairs to finish the report.
~*~
Two hours later, the two sat at the Dining room table, playing duel monsters. Crystal had 500 life points left, and Yami had 900. Yami had the Dark Magician on the field, and Crystal had a Red Eyes Black Dragon. Yami drew, then smirked. "I play Summoned Skull in Defense mode, and I also place this card face down." Yami said, grinning. "I attack your Summoned Skull with my Red eyes." Crystal smirked, thinking she'd won. " I flip over this trap card, Just Desserts!" Yami said, grinning triumphantly. "No!!" Crystal said, throwing her hand down. "I had this won!" "Apparently not," Yami said, "No one beats me at Duel Monsters." "Fine," Crystal huffed, "but does anyone beat you when it comes to getting the remote?" with that she took off for the rec room, with Yami in fast pursuit. Crystal dove for the remote, and held it up proudly, before Yami tried to wrestle it out of her hands. Crystal bopped Yami on the head, and he realized his grip on the remote. The settled down on the couch, and Crystal turned on the T.V. "I'm Cameron Korder, and I'm here on the scene of a homicide. 17 year old Tristen Taylor was killed in his apartment today..." the reporter drowned on, but Yami didn't hear her. 'Tristen can't be dead. He can't be...' Yami thought, trying hard not to cry. "The 17 year old boy was found with these hieroglyphics carved into his back. Out experts our still trying to figure out what it means" the scene changed to a piece of paper with writing on it. Yami felt his breath catch in his throat. "Yami? What is it?" Crystal asked, looking at him with concern in her eyes. " He was the first." Yami said, staring at the T.V. "What?" she said, her eyes widening in shock. "That piece of paper, it says...." Yami swallowed, trying in vain to keep the tears from running down his cheeks. " It says that he was the first. Next will be those he values, then those with items of value." " Who's he?" Crystal wondered, fingering her millennium Ankh. "I don't know Crystal, I really don't know."
~*~
Yami left soon after, heading back to the game shop as fast as he could. When he threw the door open, he found everyone there. Joey and Ryou sat on the couch, and Tea in the chair. Yugi was no where to be seen. Yami moved to sit in the vacant seat on the couch, but before he could sit, he found a sobbing Yugi in his arms. "T-t-trist-t-ten...is he really..." Yugi couldn't finish his question, and he just sobbed into Yami's leather shirt. "Aibou..." Yami said, but he didn't know what to say that would make Yugi feel better. "Yami," Yami looked up to find Joey looking at him, "Do you know what those hieroglyphics said?" he asked. "I-I know what it says, but I don't know what it means." he confessed, holding a still sobbing Yugi. " Same for him," Ryou gestured towards his ring. "But for everyone's sake, we need to find out what it means, and quickly." Yami said, looking at the white haired boy sitting next to him. "mmmhhhun" Ryou nodded, before turning to the rest of the group. " the hieroglyphics say something about the next being people he values, then those with items of value. It doesn't name anyone, but we," he pointed at the ring, "have a theory that the person it's talking about is one of us. tristen was a good friend of ours, and every body knows it. Bakura thinks that it's either him or Yami, due to the fact that it's written in Egyptian." "True," Joey nodded, "or maybe who ever's doin' this just wants us to think that it's Yami or Bakura they want to suffer. It might be you, Ryou, for all we know."
~*~
"It has begun. He will regret what he did to me. He will feel pain a hundred times worse than anything I ever felt. And then he will bow before me, broken and beaten."
Sorry this took so long to get out, the next one won't take so long.
On with the disclaimer: I may be a thief and a stealer of souls, BUT I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH!!!!
Crystal took a seat near Yami, but didn't look at him. The teacher droned on about the crimes of the 'dark' prince some more, then assigning them homework. "You are to work in pairs, which I will assign. Then I will tell you what your project is." there were groans all around, the teacher had a knack for assigning partners that you would never have picked. She wrote the names of the partners on the board, and there were more groans. Yugi was lucky, he was with Joey. They couldn't work at Joey's house, and since Yami and Yugi shared a room, Yami and his partner would have to work somewhere else. Yami was busy stuffing his books in his bag, so he didn't know who he was working with. When he did look up, he wished he hadn't.
Yami Mouto and Crystal Pegasus
Yami put his head in his hands. This was going to be interesting. Very interesting. "You are to do an essay on some part of Ancient Egypt. I don't care what, but it must be at least 100,000 words long. It's due on Monday." (It's now Friday) "What?!?!" Joey said, staring at the teacher like she'd lost her mind. "You heard me. Now get out. The bell rang." The class made a mad dash for the door, trying not to knock each other over. "100,000 words?!" "Due Monday?!" " So," Crystal said, coming up behind him. "What are we going to do this ridiculously long report on?" "We could do it on the ancient version of Duel Monsters," Yami said, keeping his voice causal. "Huh. With the way I duel, that could go on for pages upon pages." Crystal smirked " Same," Yami said, before calling to Yugi, "Hay Yugi, I'm going over to Crystal's to work on the report, I'll be home for dinner." Yugi nodded his understanding, before heading off to the game shop, Jou in tow.
~*~
Crystal shoved open the heavy oak door, and lead Yami inside. He only had a moment to gape before Crystal pulled him up the stairs to her room. She shut the door behind her, and Yami found himself facing the biggest collection of duel monsters he had ever seen. Crystal smirked at him, before sitting down at her desk. She popped open a laptop and double clicked a file. "We could compare the new card to that of Ancient Egypt," she said, while typing. "Sounds good to me," Yami said. They worked until long past dinner, Yami calling Yugi to let him know he would be home late. It was almost midnight when Yami stumbled into Yugi's room, to find his Hikari sitting in a chair with a book in his lap, asleep. Yami smiled, and put Yugi in his bed and pulled the blankets over him. Then, with a flash, he disappeared into his soul room.
~*~
The next day, Yami was up before seven and heading over to Crystal's house. He ran into Joey at the door, who looked as tired as Yami felt. Yami just nodded, then headed down the street to Pegasus's house. Crystal open the door when he knocked, and looked tired but happy. " I did a word count after you left. We only need 200 more words." she said, beaming. Yami grinned back, then they ran up the stairs to finish the report.
~*~
Two hours later, the two sat at the Dining room table, playing duel monsters. Crystal had 500 life points left, and Yami had 900. Yami had the Dark Magician on the field, and Crystal had a Red Eyes Black Dragon. Yami drew, then smirked. "I play Summoned Skull in Defense mode, and I also place this card face down." Yami said, grinning. "I attack your Summoned Skull with my Red eyes." Crystal smirked, thinking she'd won. " I flip over this trap card, Just Desserts!" Yami said, grinning triumphantly. "No!!" Crystal said, throwing her hand down. "I had this won!" "Apparently not," Yami said, "No one beats me at Duel Monsters." "Fine," Crystal huffed, "but does anyone beat you when it comes to getting the remote?" with that she took off for the rec room, with Yami in fast pursuit. Crystal dove for the remote, and held it up proudly, before Yami tried to wrestle it out of her hands. Crystal bopped Yami on the head, and he realized his grip on the remote. The settled down on the couch, and Crystal turned on the T.V. "I'm Cameron Korder, and I'm here on the scene of a homicide. 17 year old Tristen Taylor was killed in his apartment today..." the reporter drowned on, but Yami didn't hear her. 'Tristen can't be dead. He can't be...' Yami thought, trying hard not to cry. "The 17 year old boy was found with these hieroglyphics carved into his back. Out experts our still trying to figure out what it means" the scene changed to a piece of paper with writing on it. Yami felt his breath catch in his throat. "Yami? What is it?" Crystal asked, looking at him with concern in her eyes. " He was the first." Yami said, staring at the T.V. "What?" she said, her eyes widening in shock. "That piece of paper, it says...." Yami swallowed, trying in vain to keep the tears from running down his cheeks. " It says that he was the first. Next will be those he values, then those with items of value." " Who's he?" Crystal wondered, fingering her millennium Ankh. "I don't know Crystal, I really don't know."
~*~
Yami left soon after, heading back to the game shop as fast as he could. When he threw the door open, he found everyone there. Joey and Ryou sat on the couch, and Tea in the chair. Yugi was no where to be seen. Yami moved to sit in the vacant seat on the couch, but before he could sit, he found a sobbing Yugi in his arms. "T-t-trist-t-ten...is he really..." Yugi couldn't finish his question, and he just sobbed into Yami's leather shirt. "Aibou..." Yami said, but he didn't know what to say that would make Yugi feel better. "Yami," Yami looked up to find Joey looking at him, "Do you know what those hieroglyphics said?" he asked. "I-I know what it says, but I don't know what it means." he confessed, holding a still sobbing Yugi. " Same for him," Ryou gestured towards his ring. "But for everyone's sake, we need to find out what it means, and quickly." Yami said, looking at the white haired boy sitting next to him. "mmmhhhun" Ryou nodded, before turning to the rest of the group. " the hieroglyphics say something about the next being people he values, then those with items of value. It doesn't name anyone, but we," he pointed at the ring, "have a theory that the person it's talking about is one of us. tristen was a good friend of ours, and every body knows it. Bakura thinks that it's either him or Yami, due to the fact that it's written in Egyptian." "True," Joey nodded, "or maybe who ever's doin' this just wants us to think that it's Yami or Bakura they want to suffer. It might be you, Ryou, for all we know."
~*~
"It has begun. He will regret what he did to me. He will feel pain a hundred times worse than anything I ever felt. And then he will bow before me, broken and beaten."
Sorry this took so long to get out, the next one won't take so long.