SGL: I would once again like to apologize for Jou's antagonism...I sort of
need him to be like that...
Also, I made Jou's parents sort of together.
This chapter's a bit short, but a little more serious....hope you like it!
~*~Ryou's Voice Over~*~
This damned fight's been going on for weeks. School's started and everything and people are starting to notice that our little group's become two little groups. Everyone's coming up to me because I seem to be the only one running between the two. Probably because I am...
I have a plan, though, to stop the fight, but it's going to be tough. I have to get Shizuka and Otogi together, so they'll all realize how dumb it is to hate people because they disagree on one point. We're all friends. We should love each other...
But like I said, it's going to be tough. From what I hear, Jou told his parents about Shizuka wanting to see the guy who came up with the Dungeon Dice Monsters game. Apparently she's not allowed to see 'the son of the psycho from down the street'. Shizuka can't even speak to Otogi or else Jou will run right to their parents, who'd lock her up and home school her for the rest of High School.
It must suck to be a glass child.
~*~*~*~
"So you're saying I should duel him for it?" Jou said uncertainly.
Ryou nodded. "Of course. It's the only noble way to do anything."
"What should the stakes be, exactly?"
Ryou shrugged. "It's up to you."
"Yeah, thanks, man. I think I'll do it." Jou pulled out his deck.
~*~*~*~
Ryuuji sat down at his lunch table with Yugi and a bunch of others who were on their side of the fight. Everyone was quiet. They all had been ever since the night of the Convention almost a month ago. Yugi in particular seemed greatly depressed by the loss of his best friend.
"Hey! Otogi!" Otogi looked up to see Jou standing over him with a confident look on his face.
"Otogi, I challenge you to a duel after school. Meet me in the parking lot of the old warehouse. Seto's lending us his duel discs. And you can bring anyone you want to cheer you on, but I'm coming alone."
"Why should I accept?" Otogi growled.
"Because of Shizuka..."
Otogi's eyes widened as Jou turned.
Otogi looked at the rest of the table. "Do you think I should do it, guys?"
"If not for Shizuka, do it to show them that we don't need a yami to beat their sorry butts." Yugi said bitterly, which kind of scared Otogi.
Anzu paused, and then said. "Do it for Shizuka."
~*~After School~*~
Otogi walked into the unkempt parking lot. Jou was already there, sitting on an old wooden box.
"You came..."
Otogi cut him off. "Yeah, I did. Now, what's this about Shizuka?"
Jou grinned, not in a nice way. "You don't seem to want to leave my sister alone, no matter what I do. So, I thought we should settle this like men."
"What are the stakes?" Ryuuji clenched his hand into a fist.
"If you win, I'll tell my parents that you're okay, and then you can see Shizuka without anyone's interference."
"And if you win?"
"If I win, you are never to try and see or contact her again. And if you do go near her, I'll tell my parents that you raped her."
Otogi's eyes widened.
"Yeah, and even if she says you didn't, or that she did it willingly, you're both underage, you could still get arrested."
Otogi's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe that Jou would go through so much just to keep them away from each other.
"Fine, Jou, I agree," Otogi reached into his pocket to pull out his deck. "But before we duel, tell me why you're so against the idea of us."
"Because..." Jou said quietly. "I have this gut feeling that you're going to take her away from me, forever...I just know it, and I can't let that happen."
Otogi narrowed his eyes. "What if she wants to be taken away?"
Jou let loose a low growl. "Shut up and duel."
So they began their duel; thinking that they alone knew what would happen if the other lost. But the bright eyes of another person glowing in the shadows of the building walls told otherwise.
"You can do it Otogi." Ryou whispered.
~*~*~*~
Ryou slumped into his house, throwing down his book bag.
"Hey, son, how come you're so late from school?" A strong, but kind voice called out from the kitchen.
"I was with some friends." Ryou said simply.
"Hey," His dad came out the kitchen, wiping his hands off on a towel. "Are you okay? You seem a little off."
"Dad," Ryou sighed, sitting on the sofa. "Have you ever tried to help your friends, but just got everything more screwed up?"
"Yes." He sat down on the couch next to Ryou. "Why? What happened?"
"I just made the biggest mistake ever." His face fell into his hands.
~*~*~*~
"I lost...I lost...Shizuka..." Otogi murmured as he walked down the street. Her pretty face and soft smile invaded his thoughts. "I can't ever speak to you again, or else we'll be separated, for good..."
He pushed into his house, expecting Furi's warm voice to welcome him home, but the house was dark and cold. There was no one in the kitchen, no one in the living room, no one home at all.
Otogi didn't even bother turning on the lights. He just stumbled up the stairs, and fell onto his bed. Reaching into his dresser, he pulled out a photo of the group right after Battle City. Yugi (or rather, Yami) was looking so proud, with Jou next to him, and Mai smiling at Jou. Anzu was standing next to Honda, boring friendship speech ready, and Ryou was in the middle of it all, with a warm and excited smile on his face.
And, there, in the far corner of the picture, was Shizuka, smiling at them all, Yugi having won, and all of their friends so happy about it.
In the other corner, was himself, winking at the camera. But for the first time, Otogi looked behind himself, to see Seto, holding hands with someone who'd gotten cut off from the picture.
'Who could that be?' It was a woman's hand, but there weren't that many girls who hung around them. There was Anzu, Mai, Shizuka, and...
Otogi looked a little closer. On the hand were a gold cuff and a gold ring. 'Isis...' he thought. If Seto liked Isis, why would he ask Shizuka to the Convention?
As he tried to figure it out, his eyes brushed over Jou's smiling face again. "Jou..." He hissed.
He'd probably gotten Seto to ask her, somehow...
But Otogi couldn't think of anything to prove it. Growling again, Otogi sank into a fitful sleep.
~*~*~*~
SGL: Hmm...What was I gonna say? Oh yeah, thanks to everyone who reviewed! It was highly appreciated ^.^ !
Ryou #5: Hey, anyone have any ketchup for my fries?
Ryou: Stunt double...
Ryou #5: O.O Eep!
Also, I made Jou's parents sort of together.
This chapter's a bit short, but a little more serious....hope you like it!
~*~Ryou's Voice Over~*~
This damned fight's been going on for weeks. School's started and everything and people are starting to notice that our little group's become two little groups. Everyone's coming up to me because I seem to be the only one running between the two. Probably because I am...
I have a plan, though, to stop the fight, but it's going to be tough. I have to get Shizuka and Otogi together, so they'll all realize how dumb it is to hate people because they disagree on one point. We're all friends. We should love each other...
But like I said, it's going to be tough. From what I hear, Jou told his parents about Shizuka wanting to see the guy who came up with the Dungeon Dice Monsters game. Apparently she's not allowed to see 'the son of the psycho from down the street'. Shizuka can't even speak to Otogi or else Jou will run right to their parents, who'd lock her up and home school her for the rest of High School.
It must suck to be a glass child.
~*~*~*~
"So you're saying I should duel him for it?" Jou said uncertainly.
Ryou nodded. "Of course. It's the only noble way to do anything."
"What should the stakes be, exactly?"
Ryou shrugged. "It's up to you."
"Yeah, thanks, man. I think I'll do it." Jou pulled out his deck.
~*~*~*~
Ryuuji sat down at his lunch table with Yugi and a bunch of others who were on their side of the fight. Everyone was quiet. They all had been ever since the night of the Convention almost a month ago. Yugi in particular seemed greatly depressed by the loss of his best friend.
"Hey! Otogi!" Otogi looked up to see Jou standing over him with a confident look on his face.
"Otogi, I challenge you to a duel after school. Meet me in the parking lot of the old warehouse. Seto's lending us his duel discs. And you can bring anyone you want to cheer you on, but I'm coming alone."
"Why should I accept?" Otogi growled.
"Because of Shizuka..."
Otogi's eyes widened as Jou turned.
Otogi looked at the rest of the table. "Do you think I should do it, guys?"
"If not for Shizuka, do it to show them that we don't need a yami to beat their sorry butts." Yugi said bitterly, which kind of scared Otogi.
Anzu paused, and then said. "Do it for Shizuka."
~*~After School~*~
Otogi walked into the unkempt parking lot. Jou was already there, sitting on an old wooden box.
"You came..."
Otogi cut him off. "Yeah, I did. Now, what's this about Shizuka?"
Jou grinned, not in a nice way. "You don't seem to want to leave my sister alone, no matter what I do. So, I thought we should settle this like men."
"What are the stakes?" Ryuuji clenched his hand into a fist.
"If you win, I'll tell my parents that you're okay, and then you can see Shizuka without anyone's interference."
"And if you win?"
"If I win, you are never to try and see or contact her again. And if you do go near her, I'll tell my parents that you raped her."
Otogi's eyes widened.
"Yeah, and even if she says you didn't, or that she did it willingly, you're both underage, you could still get arrested."
Otogi's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe that Jou would go through so much just to keep them away from each other.
"Fine, Jou, I agree," Otogi reached into his pocket to pull out his deck. "But before we duel, tell me why you're so against the idea of us."
"Because..." Jou said quietly. "I have this gut feeling that you're going to take her away from me, forever...I just know it, and I can't let that happen."
Otogi narrowed his eyes. "What if she wants to be taken away?"
Jou let loose a low growl. "Shut up and duel."
So they began their duel; thinking that they alone knew what would happen if the other lost. But the bright eyes of another person glowing in the shadows of the building walls told otherwise.
"You can do it Otogi." Ryou whispered.
~*~*~*~
Ryou slumped into his house, throwing down his book bag.
"Hey, son, how come you're so late from school?" A strong, but kind voice called out from the kitchen.
"I was with some friends." Ryou said simply.
"Hey," His dad came out the kitchen, wiping his hands off on a towel. "Are you okay? You seem a little off."
"Dad," Ryou sighed, sitting on the sofa. "Have you ever tried to help your friends, but just got everything more screwed up?"
"Yes." He sat down on the couch next to Ryou. "Why? What happened?"
"I just made the biggest mistake ever." His face fell into his hands.
~*~*~*~
"I lost...I lost...Shizuka..." Otogi murmured as he walked down the street. Her pretty face and soft smile invaded his thoughts. "I can't ever speak to you again, or else we'll be separated, for good..."
He pushed into his house, expecting Furi's warm voice to welcome him home, but the house was dark and cold. There was no one in the kitchen, no one in the living room, no one home at all.
Otogi didn't even bother turning on the lights. He just stumbled up the stairs, and fell onto his bed. Reaching into his dresser, he pulled out a photo of the group right after Battle City. Yugi (or rather, Yami) was looking so proud, with Jou next to him, and Mai smiling at Jou. Anzu was standing next to Honda, boring friendship speech ready, and Ryou was in the middle of it all, with a warm and excited smile on his face.
And, there, in the far corner of the picture, was Shizuka, smiling at them all, Yugi having won, and all of their friends so happy about it.
In the other corner, was himself, winking at the camera. But for the first time, Otogi looked behind himself, to see Seto, holding hands with someone who'd gotten cut off from the picture.
'Who could that be?' It was a woman's hand, but there weren't that many girls who hung around them. There was Anzu, Mai, Shizuka, and...
Otogi looked a little closer. On the hand were a gold cuff and a gold ring. 'Isis...' he thought. If Seto liked Isis, why would he ask Shizuka to the Convention?
As he tried to figure it out, his eyes brushed over Jou's smiling face again. "Jou..." He hissed.
He'd probably gotten Seto to ask her, somehow...
But Otogi couldn't think of anything to prove it. Growling again, Otogi sank into a fitful sleep.
~*~*~*~
SGL: Hmm...What was I gonna say? Oh yeah, thanks to everyone who reviewed! It was highly appreciated ^.^ !
Ryou #5: Hey, anyone have any ketchup for my fries?
Ryou: Stunt double...
Ryou #5: O.O Eep!