I know that a lot of people don't know who Otogi is, so if you want to at
least see a picture of him, you can go to ryoubakura.com, under the
character shrines. He's starts out 'evil', wanting the Millennium Puzzle,
but ends up one of group.
There's an OC in this chapter, but she doesn't even play a huge part in the story, I just wanted to let you know, because she's not a real character in the anime, and I didn't want to confuse anyone...
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh.
His full name is Otogi Ryuuji...keep in mind that in Japan, last names come first, therefore his first name would be Ryuuji.
~*~*~*~
Jou nudged his sister's sleeping form. "Come on, Shizuka, time to wake up..."
"Huh?" She pulled her bed-head out from under a blanket and blinked up at the face of her brother, towering over her. "Jou? How is it possible that you're awake before I am? On a Saturday?"
"Because 1) we've got that convention thing that Grandpa's holding to set up for today and 2) not even I would stay up until three in the morning just to watch the stars from the roof." He smiled at her. He'd tried to stay up with her the night before, but he was too sleepy. She ended up having to push his unconscious body back through the window.
She sat up and shook her head. "You take everything for granted." She swung her legs over the bed and walked out into the hall, towards the bathroom. Jou followed her and they picked up their toothbrushes. After a short fight over who got the toothpaste first, they started their daily ritual of brushing their teeth together.
~*~*~*~
Otogi stumbled out of his bathroom and fell back into his bed. 'Can't fall asleep...Game Shop holding convention......promised to help...'
Even as he reminded himself of these things, he started falling back asleep. 'Everyone will be there...Shizuka will be there...'
With that, he bolted upright, fully awake. He shook his head for a second at why the thought of her would make him do that, but the smell of breakfast came wafting up the stairs and he decided to get dressed first.
Pulling on a black shirt and jeans, and tying his bandana on, he walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. There was a woman in her early sixties standing there, flipping pancakes.
"Ohayo, Furi." He called out sleepily. Furi was the housemaid who'd been working for him ever since he was a kid. She was like second mother to him.
"Ah, Harry Potter's awake..." she teased without even looking up from the pan. He scowled at the nickname she'd given him, on the account that he had messy black hair and bright green eyes.
She handed Otogi a plate and tipped three pancakes onto it. "You're going to the Mutuoh's today, ne?"
"Uh-huh...we're all helping out. Yugi's grandpa holding a formal convention- type thing for all these big Duel Monster people." He said, biting into a pancake.
"Well, then, say hello to Sugoroku for me." She said strangely. "Oh, are you planning on showing off your Dungeon Dice game there?" She sat down with a plate of her own pancakes.
"No, Sugoroku-san would kill me. I'm bad for business." He smirked.
"Not my adorable Ryuuji..." she said ruffling his hair. They finished the rest of breakfast in a lazy silence. When he was finished, Otogi dumped his plate in the sink and looked at the clock on the wall.
"I'd better get going, I'm supposed to help set up tables or something." He pecked Furi on the cheek and waved goodbye before setting off towards the bus stop. The convention was being held at the KaibaCorporation building downtown, which everyone thought of as really generous of Seto because he was letting them use it for free.
Otogi sat himself on the bench and checked his watch. 'Five minutes...' He leaned back and a face immediately clouded his thoughts.
'What?!' he opened his eyes and snapped his head up. 'Why am I thinking about her? Again?'
He didn't have time to answer his own questions as someone called his name out.
"Otogi!" It was Jou, and where Jou went...
"Good morning, Otogi." Shizuka called out from behind her much taller older brother.
Otogi could feel his face heating a little when she waved. He just shook it off and waved back.
"Hey, Jou. Ohayo Shizuka." He smiled. The two stopped in front of the bench and sat down on either side of him.
For a moment Shizuka and Otogi just blushed at each other. It was just for a short moment, but Jou noticed it.
'What does he think he's doing, making eyes at my sister?'
~*~*~*~
"BE CAREFUL! YOU'LL BREAK IT!" Sugoroku roared at Jou and Honda, who'd been struggling for a long time with a very large and VERY heavy box of DM electronic equipment because Grandpa couldn't decide where to put it.
Otogi shook his head as he polished a huge glass exhibition case with Ryou and Yugi. They were supposed to 'make it glow'. It was going to be showing off some very rare and powerful cards, including a loaner of the god cards and one of Seto's Blue Eyes.
"Grr..." Otogi growled at a certain little spot on the glass that was giving him hell. It was very small spot, but Sugoroku would see it and bludgeon him with a duel disc.
"Bloody perfectionist..." He mumbled. Ryou heard him and chuckled.
"He's very ruthless, isn't he? I mean, Yugi's one of the guests of honor and he's polishing with us."
Yugi wasn't paying attention. He was looking over to the small stage, where Bakura, Malik, and Yami were trying to set up the microphone. Unfortunately, the three Egyptians were...ill-chosen for the job, as Malik was the only one who knew how one worked.
The result was a lot of ear-splitting feedback going through the room.
Once Yugi, Ryou, and Otogi finished their polish job, Yugi went to go fetch the three god cards, Ryou went to help with the mic, and Otogi was left to look around at the grand ballroom. There was thick, rich red carpeting; a high ceiling hung with crystal chandeliers; off-white pillars around the dance floor; and the walls were painted with beautiful murals of the ocean in various weather.
Someone knocked him out of his daze by tapping him lightly on the shoulder. It was Shizuka.
"It's beautiful, ne?" She said softly, gazing at the chandeliers. "There's a balcony over there that overlooks the entire city. I can show it to you later, if you want. But for now, Seto wants his card guarded with 'the hands of heaven itself.'"
Otogi smiled at that and she handed him the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. He placed it in the case on a black velvet pillow and shut the case again.
Shizuka smiled. "So, Otogi-"
"Call me Ryuuji." 'Why did I say that?!' He immediately demanded of himself.
"Ryuuji," she blushed a little. "You're coming to the convention tonight, right?"
"Yeah, I've got a suit ready."
"You? In a suit?"
"Yep, it horrifies even me." He chuckled.
"No, I just meant, I've never seen you in a suit. You must look really nice." She had wanted to ask him to the convention, but she was just getting more nervous.
She took in a breath. It was now or never. "Ryuuji, would you like to- "
"Shizuka!" the two whirled around to see Seto walking towards them with a smile on his face.
"Hey, Shizuka, would you like to come to the convention with me tonight?"
"W-with you? A-As in, your date?" She tried to not show how much she wanted to refuse. Seto was alright, but she was in the process of asking Ryuuji.
Otogi looked very crestfallen. "Um, I'd better go check on Yugi and the cards. I'll see guys around"
"Ryuuji..." She started.
"So, how about it?" Seto asked.
"Um, Seto, it's really great of you to ask me-"
"Great! I'll send the limo down around 7:00." He smiled at her and walked off.
Shizuka sighed.
~*~*~*~
"So, I heard Seto asked you to be his date." Jou nudged his silent sister as they were walking home.
"Yeah, I guess." She replied absent-mindedly.
"You think he'd let me go in the limo?"
"Not after the Bikini incident." She said, half-joking.
There was a long pause before Jou broke it. "Are you okay?"
"Hmm...Oh, I'm fine." She waved her hand.
"No, you're not. Is this about Seto?"
Shizuka stopped. "Yeah, but I don't want you going off and attacking him or anything...I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself."
"No, I'm just wondering why you'd be upset, I mean, the guys loaded, has all these limos, calls me a dog on occasion, but you can do worse..."
They started walking again. "What do you mean worse?" He seemed to have meant something by it.
"I mean, like, Otogi, for instance." He said hurriedly.
"Ryuuji is a great guy!" She said indignantly.
"Ryuuji? So you're on a first name basis?" he demanded.
"What's it to you? It's my life and I can like who ever I want to!"
"Like? Now wait a second, how can you like a guy who almost got us killed?"
"It was his dad!"
"Yeah? Well, like father, like son!"
Shizuka growled at this and bolted off towards the house.
"Hey! Hey! Shizuka get back here!" He shouted. "You're not going to be with that guy and that's FINAL!"
She didn't even notice his words.
~*~*~*~
SGL: Slowly working the plot in...
Ryou #5: Cool, I wasn't sick in this one!
Bakura: Yeah, you were polishing.
Ryou #5: And you couldn't figure out the microphone.
Bakura: In my day, you just yelled, the louder the voice, the more power you had.
Malik: (into Bakura's ear) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bakura: O.O (falls over)
Malik: ^.^ Cool! (sings) I've got the power!
There's an OC in this chapter, but she doesn't even play a huge part in the story, I just wanted to let you know, because she's not a real character in the anime, and I didn't want to confuse anyone...
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh.
His full name is Otogi Ryuuji...keep in mind that in Japan, last names come first, therefore his first name would be Ryuuji.
~*~*~*~
Jou nudged his sister's sleeping form. "Come on, Shizuka, time to wake up..."
"Huh?" She pulled her bed-head out from under a blanket and blinked up at the face of her brother, towering over her. "Jou? How is it possible that you're awake before I am? On a Saturday?"
"Because 1) we've got that convention thing that Grandpa's holding to set up for today and 2) not even I would stay up until three in the morning just to watch the stars from the roof." He smiled at her. He'd tried to stay up with her the night before, but he was too sleepy. She ended up having to push his unconscious body back through the window.
She sat up and shook her head. "You take everything for granted." She swung her legs over the bed and walked out into the hall, towards the bathroom. Jou followed her and they picked up their toothbrushes. After a short fight over who got the toothpaste first, they started their daily ritual of brushing their teeth together.
~*~*~*~
Otogi stumbled out of his bathroom and fell back into his bed. 'Can't fall asleep...Game Shop holding convention......promised to help...'
Even as he reminded himself of these things, he started falling back asleep. 'Everyone will be there...Shizuka will be there...'
With that, he bolted upright, fully awake. He shook his head for a second at why the thought of her would make him do that, but the smell of breakfast came wafting up the stairs and he decided to get dressed first.
Pulling on a black shirt and jeans, and tying his bandana on, he walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. There was a woman in her early sixties standing there, flipping pancakes.
"Ohayo, Furi." He called out sleepily. Furi was the housemaid who'd been working for him ever since he was a kid. She was like second mother to him.
"Ah, Harry Potter's awake..." she teased without even looking up from the pan. He scowled at the nickname she'd given him, on the account that he had messy black hair and bright green eyes.
She handed Otogi a plate and tipped three pancakes onto it. "You're going to the Mutuoh's today, ne?"
"Uh-huh...we're all helping out. Yugi's grandpa holding a formal convention- type thing for all these big Duel Monster people." He said, biting into a pancake.
"Well, then, say hello to Sugoroku for me." She said strangely. "Oh, are you planning on showing off your Dungeon Dice game there?" She sat down with a plate of her own pancakes.
"No, Sugoroku-san would kill me. I'm bad for business." He smirked.
"Not my adorable Ryuuji..." she said ruffling his hair. They finished the rest of breakfast in a lazy silence. When he was finished, Otogi dumped his plate in the sink and looked at the clock on the wall.
"I'd better get going, I'm supposed to help set up tables or something." He pecked Furi on the cheek and waved goodbye before setting off towards the bus stop. The convention was being held at the KaibaCorporation building downtown, which everyone thought of as really generous of Seto because he was letting them use it for free.
Otogi sat himself on the bench and checked his watch. 'Five minutes...' He leaned back and a face immediately clouded his thoughts.
'What?!' he opened his eyes and snapped his head up. 'Why am I thinking about her? Again?'
He didn't have time to answer his own questions as someone called his name out.
"Otogi!" It was Jou, and where Jou went...
"Good morning, Otogi." Shizuka called out from behind her much taller older brother.
Otogi could feel his face heating a little when she waved. He just shook it off and waved back.
"Hey, Jou. Ohayo Shizuka." He smiled. The two stopped in front of the bench and sat down on either side of him.
For a moment Shizuka and Otogi just blushed at each other. It was just for a short moment, but Jou noticed it.
'What does he think he's doing, making eyes at my sister?'
~*~*~*~
"BE CAREFUL! YOU'LL BREAK IT!" Sugoroku roared at Jou and Honda, who'd been struggling for a long time with a very large and VERY heavy box of DM electronic equipment because Grandpa couldn't decide where to put it.
Otogi shook his head as he polished a huge glass exhibition case with Ryou and Yugi. They were supposed to 'make it glow'. It was going to be showing off some very rare and powerful cards, including a loaner of the god cards and one of Seto's Blue Eyes.
"Grr..." Otogi growled at a certain little spot on the glass that was giving him hell. It was very small spot, but Sugoroku would see it and bludgeon him with a duel disc.
"Bloody perfectionist..." He mumbled. Ryou heard him and chuckled.
"He's very ruthless, isn't he? I mean, Yugi's one of the guests of honor and he's polishing with us."
Yugi wasn't paying attention. He was looking over to the small stage, where Bakura, Malik, and Yami were trying to set up the microphone. Unfortunately, the three Egyptians were...ill-chosen for the job, as Malik was the only one who knew how one worked.
The result was a lot of ear-splitting feedback going through the room.
Once Yugi, Ryou, and Otogi finished their polish job, Yugi went to go fetch the three god cards, Ryou went to help with the mic, and Otogi was left to look around at the grand ballroom. There was thick, rich red carpeting; a high ceiling hung with crystal chandeliers; off-white pillars around the dance floor; and the walls were painted with beautiful murals of the ocean in various weather.
Someone knocked him out of his daze by tapping him lightly on the shoulder. It was Shizuka.
"It's beautiful, ne?" She said softly, gazing at the chandeliers. "There's a balcony over there that overlooks the entire city. I can show it to you later, if you want. But for now, Seto wants his card guarded with 'the hands of heaven itself.'"
Otogi smiled at that and she handed him the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. He placed it in the case on a black velvet pillow and shut the case again.
Shizuka smiled. "So, Otogi-"
"Call me Ryuuji." 'Why did I say that?!' He immediately demanded of himself.
"Ryuuji," she blushed a little. "You're coming to the convention tonight, right?"
"Yeah, I've got a suit ready."
"You? In a suit?"
"Yep, it horrifies even me." He chuckled.
"No, I just meant, I've never seen you in a suit. You must look really nice." She had wanted to ask him to the convention, but she was just getting more nervous.
She took in a breath. It was now or never. "Ryuuji, would you like to- "
"Shizuka!" the two whirled around to see Seto walking towards them with a smile on his face.
"Hey, Shizuka, would you like to come to the convention with me tonight?"
"W-with you? A-As in, your date?" She tried to not show how much she wanted to refuse. Seto was alright, but she was in the process of asking Ryuuji.
Otogi looked very crestfallen. "Um, I'd better go check on Yugi and the cards. I'll see guys around"
"Ryuuji..." She started.
"So, how about it?" Seto asked.
"Um, Seto, it's really great of you to ask me-"
"Great! I'll send the limo down around 7:00." He smiled at her and walked off.
Shizuka sighed.
~*~*~*~
"So, I heard Seto asked you to be his date." Jou nudged his silent sister as they were walking home.
"Yeah, I guess." She replied absent-mindedly.
"You think he'd let me go in the limo?"
"Not after the Bikini incident." She said, half-joking.
There was a long pause before Jou broke it. "Are you okay?"
"Hmm...Oh, I'm fine." She waved her hand.
"No, you're not. Is this about Seto?"
Shizuka stopped. "Yeah, but I don't want you going off and attacking him or anything...I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself."
"No, I'm just wondering why you'd be upset, I mean, the guys loaded, has all these limos, calls me a dog on occasion, but you can do worse..."
They started walking again. "What do you mean worse?" He seemed to have meant something by it.
"I mean, like, Otogi, for instance." He said hurriedly.
"Ryuuji is a great guy!" She said indignantly.
"Ryuuji? So you're on a first name basis?" he demanded.
"What's it to you? It's my life and I can like who ever I want to!"
"Like? Now wait a second, how can you like a guy who almost got us killed?"
"It was his dad!"
"Yeah? Well, like father, like son!"
Shizuka growled at this and bolted off towards the house.
"Hey! Hey! Shizuka get back here!" He shouted. "You're not going to be with that guy and that's FINAL!"
She didn't even notice his words.
~*~*~*~
SGL: Slowly working the plot in...
Ryou #5: Cool, I wasn't sick in this one!
Bakura: Yeah, you were polishing.
Ryou #5: And you couldn't figure out the microphone.
Bakura: In my day, you just yelled, the louder the voice, the more power you had.
Malik: (into Bakura's ear) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bakura: O.O (falls over)
Malik: ^.^ Cool! (sings) I've got the power!