SGL: Sorry, I know I haven't been updating and they'll probably be coming
less and less, because of school, color guard practice, SATs...But I
promise that I WILL finish this, because this has been, by far, my favorite
story to write...
Speaking of favorite stories, Pikachumaniac, you have got to update 'Wildfire', I'll be waiting ^.^ !
Ryou #5: (munches popcorn) Now, on with the story!
~*~*~*~
Jou thundered down the road as fast as he could, promising himself not to stop for anything. Otogi would pay for what he'd done...
He turned the corner and suddenly ran smack over something; tripping over it...Jou hauled himself off the ground, ignoring the new hole to match his new jeans and bloody scrape on his knee. He turned around to see what he'd tripped over.
It was Yugi.
"Watch where you're going, nimrod." Yugi spat from his position on the ground.
"Hard to see someone that short..." Jou said sarcastically.
"Go blow yourself, Jou." Yugi said harshly, pushing himself onto his feet. "Where the hell were you speeding off to anyway? Not that I care..."
"Right..." Jou brushed himself off, and turned to go. "I'm going to stop Otogi from touching Shizuka ever again."
"What?!" Yugi clamped one hand down on Jou's wrist. Jou jerked his arm back, but Yugi held fast. Jou was getting highly pissed off.
"Let GO, you circus midget!" Jou snarled. He twisted his arm to rid himself of Yugi, but the boy was flexible, and strong...
Yugi just held on tighter. "NO! You're not stopping them. Just because you don't have a heart, that doesn't mean Shizuka's not allowed to have one."
Jou held his face close to Yugi's and hissed "Yes. It. Does. Now, let me go!"
Yugi still held on. "NO! I'm not letting you break them up!"
Jou pulled his arm back, hard. Yugi came right along with it. Jou grabbed Yugi's forearm and twisted it. Yugi's face winced in pain, but wouldn't let go.
They continued like this for a while. Jou kept twisting Yugi's frailer arm, little by little, while Yugi kept on clutching Jou's wrist tighter.
//Yugi! Let me help!//
/No, Yami! I can deal with him!/
//He could really hurt you!//
/I can take care of myself./
//I don't care, Yugi. If you don't let go, I'm taking over!//
/No, you won't! I have to show him that I'm not a little weakling and that he can't control other people's lives!/
CRACK!
Yugi's cry could be heard throughout Domino. Jou had finally snapped his forearm. Yugi let go of Jou, and slumped to the ground, clutching his arm.
Yami appeared immediately and bent over Yugi. "I told you!" He examined his arm. At least one of the bones was broken, and Yugi already had tears running down his face in agony.
Jou looked on in horror. He didn't know he was holding on so tight, much less, that he could've broken Yugi's arm. He whispered. "Yugi..."
Yami stood up at the sound of his voice. "You...hurt him..." Yami gave Jou his fiercest glare, and started stepping towards him. "You hurt him."
Jou stood his ground. "If the little guy had enough sense to let go, then this wouldn't have happened."
Yami roared out. "IF YOU HAD ANY FORM OF A HEART THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!"
Jou gasped. Yami continued, quietly. "What happened to you, Jou? You used to be one of the most caring people Yugi knew...why? Why have you changed?"
Jou shook his head. "I don't have time for this." He started to turn again, but Yami ran around and stood, blocking his way.
"He was trying to protect his friend, your sister. Your sister, remember? The one you swore to protect? And now, you're in the way of her happiness..."
"How the hell can she be happy?!" He screamed. "She's sleeping with Otogi! She'd much too young!"
Yami's eyes grew big. Jou had yelled that a little loudly...
"TMI, Jou..." Yugi said from the ground. His voice was low, and he was staring at the ground. "Come on, Yami. Let's go. If Jou wants to ruin his sister's life, let him. He'll regret it someday."
With eyes still cast to the ground, hand still clutching his arm, and back still slouching, he walked off in the other direction. Yami was torn between punishing Jou and helping Yugi. He decided his hikari was more important.
They left Jou standing in the street.
~*~*~*~
Ryou sat nervously on the Katsuya couch, fidgeting with his fingers and wondering where the hell Jou had gone.
"I hope I didn't talk in my sleep again..." He mumbled.
The door opened suddenly, and Ryou snapped his head up. Jou slumped in, very depressed over something.
"Jou? Where'd you go?"
"Why didn't you tell me Shizuka was seeing Otogi?" He growled.
Ryou was thunderstruck. "It's her business."
"Then it's my business!" He grabbed Ryou by the collar. The poor boy cringed and shut his eyes.
'Oh shit, that's right, his yami used to beat him...' Jou dropped him and swung around to go up to his room.
A confused Ryou was left on the floor to hear Jou's bedroom door slamming loudly.
Ryou grunted. "Okay, I give up. Time for the direct approach..."
~*~Three Hours Later~*~
Seto pulled up Jou's street in his limo. 'What does Jou want now? I already told him, I wasn't going to be part of any dumb thing with Shizuka anymore.'
"Are you okay, Seto?" Isis asked from the seat across from him.
"I'm fine, really..." Isis didn't believe him. She slid into the seat next to him and wrapped her hand around his.
"It's time to tell them, ne?" She whispered.
Seto merely nodded. "Yes, but I wish we could hold it off..."
She smiled lightly. "So do I, but I'm going to start showing soon." She held a hand over her only slightly rounded out belly.
He smiled and slipped his hand over hers. "Okay." He leaned his face into her hair and kissed her head. "I love you so much..."
She leaned her head onto his shoulder. "I love you, too..." She said breezily. "And not just because I like being engaged to a millionaire..."
They broke out in giggles (I know, hard to imagine Seto giggling...) and soon, the driver announced their arrival at the house.
~*~*~*~
Ryou nervously awaited Seto and Isis. Everyone else had arrived, he'd called everyone over who'd been involved in the fight, and they were now all sitting in Jou's living room, quietly shooting each other dirty looks, with the exception of Jou, Shizuka, and Ryuuji.
Yugi was sitting on the couch with a cast on his arm, and a very annoyed Yami at his side.
Soon, Seto and Isis pulled up in Seto's limo and the two got out, hand in hand, and walked up to the house.
Ryou stared, bewildered at them for a moment, before gesturing them towards couches and clearing his throat.
He turned to the stairs and yelled up. "JOU, GET DOWN HERE, NOW!"
The eyes of everyone in the living room widened. Kind, soft-spoken Ryou rarely ever yelled.
Jou came out of his room. "What the hell is it Ryou? Why haven't you left-"
He stopped mid-way down the stairs to see his living room full of people. He may have been shocked, but not as much as everyone else to see him. His eyes were red, as if he'd been crying.
He sniffled and turned around. "Ryou, just take everyone and get out."
Ryou dashed up and put a hand on his shoulder. "No, I have something to say."
Jou turned around and Ryou felt so sorry for him. He must've been really upset over his sister. "Please, just stay for a few minutes."
Jou reluctantly followed him down. Ryou sat him down in a plushy armchair and stepped back to survey the room.
"I have something to say, everyone." He looked around. Everyone was listening, and no one was speaking.
He cleared his throat again. "YOU PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON MY NERVES! Why don't each and every one of you swallow your goddamned pride and apologize?!"
Everyone stared. Ryou sighed. "I'm sorry for that, but I really am getting sick and tired of everyone fighting. Do you people even remember what the original argument was about?"
Yugi looked to Jou, whose face was hidden in shadow. No one said anything.
"I thought so." Ryou said quietly.
"Yugi..." Jou finally looked up. Yugi jumped to see that Jou was crying again. "Yugi, I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..." He buried his face in his hands.
Yugi paused, then stood up and walked over to Jou. He knelt down in front of him and looked up. "It's okay..."
"But I insulted your yami, who is basically you...and I broke your arm..."
"It's just a hairline fracture...barely a scratch..."
"But still, friends shouldn't do that to each other." He sniffed and rubbed his face on his sleeve. "Even when you weren't talking to me, you were still my best friend..."
Yugi suddenly threw his arms around Jou's neck. "I missed you..."
"Missed? Does that mean you forgive me?" Jou sounded hopeful.
"Undoubtedly..." They separated and Jou stood up and walked over to Yami.
"Hey, man, I'm sorry about everything...can you forgive me?"
Yami sighed, "I suppose that Yugi's making me softer-hearted...but yes, I do..." Yami smiled. He held his hand out to shake.
Jou smiled and pushed it away. A confused Yami was then treated to his first real bear hug.
Everyone 'oooh'-ed and 'aww'-ed eventually, they were all in tears, hugging and smiling. Ryou was smiling at them all in the corner, when his yami suddenly came out of the Ring.
Ryou rolled his eyes. "Please, no jokes about how long it took me to find a working plan..."
Bakura scowled at Ryou for a moment before his face melted...
...Into happy tears.
Ryou: O.O
Bakura reached over and tore a piece off of Ryou's t-shirt, wiping the corner of his eyes on it. "I'm so proud of you...meddling in other people's lives...you know that if you'd left well enough alone; this fight probably wouldn't have lasted as long as it did, right?"
Ryou just watched as Bakura continued to bawl about how proud he was and how much potential that Ryou could have in being a mischievous prankster.
~*~*~*~
SGL: THIS ISN'T THE LAST CHAPTER!!!!!! So, don't be fooled...
Bakura: (still tearing) My little Ryou's growing up.
Ryou: O.o
Ryou #5: O.o
Speaking of favorite stories, Pikachumaniac, you have got to update 'Wildfire', I'll be waiting ^.^ !
Ryou #5: (munches popcorn) Now, on with the story!
~*~*~*~
Jou thundered down the road as fast as he could, promising himself not to stop for anything. Otogi would pay for what he'd done...
He turned the corner and suddenly ran smack over something; tripping over it...Jou hauled himself off the ground, ignoring the new hole to match his new jeans and bloody scrape on his knee. He turned around to see what he'd tripped over.
It was Yugi.
"Watch where you're going, nimrod." Yugi spat from his position on the ground.
"Hard to see someone that short..." Jou said sarcastically.
"Go blow yourself, Jou." Yugi said harshly, pushing himself onto his feet. "Where the hell were you speeding off to anyway? Not that I care..."
"Right..." Jou brushed himself off, and turned to go. "I'm going to stop Otogi from touching Shizuka ever again."
"What?!" Yugi clamped one hand down on Jou's wrist. Jou jerked his arm back, but Yugi held fast. Jou was getting highly pissed off.
"Let GO, you circus midget!" Jou snarled. He twisted his arm to rid himself of Yugi, but the boy was flexible, and strong...
Yugi just held on tighter. "NO! You're not stopping them. Just because you don't have a heart, that doesn't mean Shizuka's not allowed to have one."
Jou held his face close to Yugi's and hissed "Yes. It. Does. Now, let me go!"
Yugi still held on. "NO! I'm not letting you break them up!"
Jou pulled his arm back, hard. Yugi came right along with it. Jou grabbed Yugi's forearm and twisted it. Yugi's face winced in pain, but wouldn't let go.
They continued like this for a while. Jou kept twisting Yugi's frailer arm, little by little, while Yugi kept on clutching Jou's wrist tighter.
//Yugi! Let me help!//
/No, Yami! I can deal with him!/
//He could really hurt you!//
/I can take care of myself./
//I don't care, Yugi. If you don't let go, I'm taking over!//
/No, you won't! I have to show him that I'm not a little weakling and that he can't control other people's lives!/
CRACK!
Yugi's cry could be heard throughout Domino. Jou had finally snapped his forearm. Yugi let go of Jou, and slumped to the ground, clutching his arm.
Yami appeared immediately and bent over Yugi. "I told you!" He examined his arm. At least one of the bones was broken, and Yugi already had tears running down his face in agony.
Jou looked on in horror. He didn't know he was holding on so tight, much less, that he could've broken Yugi's arm. He whispered. "Yugi..."
Yami stood up at the sound of his voice. "You...hurt him..." Yami gave Jou his fiercest glare, and started stepping towards him. "You hurt him."
Jou stood his ground. "If the little guy had enough sense to let go, then this wouldn't have happened."
Yami roared out. "IF YOU HAD ANY FORM OF A HEART THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!"
Jou gasped. Yami continued, quietly. "What happened to you, Jou? You used to be one of the most caring people Yugi knew...why? Why have you changed?"
Jou shook his head. "I don't have time for this." He started to turn again, but Yami ran around and stood, blocking his way.
"He was trying to protect his friend, your sister. Your sister, remember? The one you swore to protect? And now, you're in the way of her happiness..."
"How the hell can she be happy?!" He screamed. "She's sleeping with Otogi! She'd much too young!"
Yami's eyes grew big. Jou had yelled that a little loudly...
"TMI, Jou..." Yugi said from the ground. His voice was low, and he was staring at the ground. "Come on, Yami. Let's go. If Jou wants to ruin his sister's life, let him. He'll regret it someday."
With eyes still cast to the ground, hand still clutching his arm, and back still slouching, he walked off in the other direction. Yami was torn between punishing Jou and helping Yugi. He decided his hikari was more important.
They left Jou standing in the street.
~*~*~*~
Ryou sat nervously on the Katsuya couch, fidgeting with his fingers and wondering where the hell Jou had gone.
"I hope I didn't talk in my sleep again..." He mumbled.
The door opened suddenly, and Ryou snapped his head up. Jou slumped in, very depressed over something.
"Jou? Where'd you go?"
"Why didn't you tell me Shizuka was seeing Otogi?" He growled.
Ryou was thunderstruck. "It's her business."
"Then it's my business!" He grabbed Ryou by the collar. The poor boy cringed and shut his eyes.
'Oh shit, that's right, his yami used to beat him...' Jou dropped him and swung around to go up to his room.
A confused Ryou was left on the floor to hear Jou's bedroom door slamming loudly.
Ryou grunted. "Okay, I give up. Time for the direct approach..."
~*~Three Hours Later~*~
Seto pulled up Jou's street in his limo. 'What does Jou want now? I already told him, I wasn't going to be part of any dumb thing with Shizuka anymore.'
"Are you okay, Seto?" Isis asked from the seat across from him.
"I'm fine, really..." Isis didn't believe him. She slid into the seat next to him and wrapped her hand around his.
"It's time to tell them, ne?" She whispered.
Seto merely nodded. "Yes, but I wish we could hold it off..."
She smiled lightly. "So do I, but I'm going to start showing soon." She held a hand over her only slightly rounded out belly.
He smiled and slipped his hand over hers. "Okay." He leaned his face into her hair and kissed her head. "I love you so much..."
She leaned her head onto his shoulder. "I love you, too..." She said breezily. "And not just because I like being engaged to a millionaire..."
They broke out in giggles (I know, hard to imagine Seto giggling...) and soon, the driver announced their arrival at the house.
~*~*~*~
Ryou nervously awaited Seto and Isis. Everyone else had arrived, he'd called everyone over who'd been involved in the fight, and they were now all sitting in Jou's living room, quietly shooting each other dirty looks, with the exception of Jou, Shizuka, and Ryuuji.
Yugi was sitting on the couch with a cast on his arm, and a very annoyed Yami at his side.
Soon, Seto and Isis pulled up in Seto's limo and the two got out, hand in hand, and walked up to the house.
Ryou stared, bewildered at them for a moment, before gesturing them towards couches and clearing his throat.
He turned to the stairs and yelled up. "JOU, GET DOWN HERE, NOW!"
The eyes of everyone in the living room widened. Kind, soft-spoken Ryou rarely ever yelled.
Jou came out of his room. "What the hell is it Ryou? Why haven't you left-"
He stopped mid-way down the stairs to see his living room full of people. He may have been shocked, but not as much as everyone else to see him. His eyes were red, as if he'd been crying.
He sniffled and turned around. "Ryou, just take everyone and get out."
Ryou dashed up and put a hand on his shoulder. "No, I have something to say."
Jou turned around and Ryou felt so sorry for him. He must've been really upset over his sister. "Please, just stay for a few minutes."
Jou reluctantly followed him down. Ryou sat him down in a plushy armchair and stepped back to survey the room.
"I have something to say, everyone." He looked around. Everyone was listening, and no one was speaking.
He cleared his throat again. "YOU PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON MY NERVES! Why don't each and every one of you swallow your goddamned pride and apologize?!"
Everyone stared. Ryou sighed. "I'm sorry for that, but I really am getting sick and tired of everyone fighting. Do you people even remember what the original argument was about?"
Yugi looked to Jou, whose face was hidden in shadow. No one said anything.
"I thought so." Ryou said quietly.
"Yugi..." Jou finally looked up. Yugi jumped to see that Jou was crying again. "Yugi, I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..." He buried his face in his hands.
Yugi paused, then stood up and walked over to Jou. He knelt down in front of him and looked up. "It's okay..."
"But I insulted your yami, who is basically you...and I broke your arm..."
"It's just a hairline fracture...barely a scratch..."
"But still, friends shouldn't do that to each other." He sniffed and rubbed his face on his sleeve. "Even when you weren't talking to me, you were still my best friend..."
Yugi suddenly threw his arms around Jou's neck. "I missed you..."
"Missed? Does that mean you forgive me?" Jou sounded hopeful.
"Undoubtedly..." They separated and Jou stood up and walked over to Yami.
"Hey, man, I'm sorry about everything...can you forgive me?"
Yami sighed, "I suppose that Yugi's making me softer-hearted...but yes, I do..." Yami smiled. He held his hand out to shake.
Jou smiled and pushed it away. A confused Yami was then treated to his first real bear hug.
Everyone 'oooh'-ed and 'aww'-ed eventually, they were all in tears, hugging and smiling. Ryou was smiling at them all in the corner, when his yami suddenly came out of the Ring.
Ryou rolled his eyes. "Please, no jokes about how long it took me to find a working plan..."
Bakura scowled at Ryou for a moment before his face melted...
...Into happy tears.
Ryou: O.O
Bakura reached over and tore a piece off of Ryou's t-shirt, wiping the corner of his eyes on it. "I'm so proud of you...meddling in other people's lives...you know that if you'd left well enough alone; this fight probably wouldn't have lasted as long as it did, right?"
Ryou just watched as Bakura continued to bawl about how proud he was and how much potential that Ryou could have in being a mischievous prankster.
~*~*~*~
SGL: THIS ISN'T THE LAST CHAPTER!!!!!! So, don't be fooled...
Bakura: (still tearing) My little Ryou's growing up.
Ryou: O.o
Ryou #5: O.o