Disclaimer: Disclaimer for first chapter applies to rest of
story.
Rates: PG, Yami/Everyone, Mild Language, suggested Yugi/Ryou
AN: MAH! Thanks so much for the reviews everyone. And for a little one-on- one talk about the stories. ^.^ I didn't expect to get the second chapter up so soon, but here it comes! Don't mind the weird humor, I'mma listening to Dir en Grey. Go J-Rock! Oh I got an anonmynous e-mail asking what a Mary- Sue was.
Mary Sue= the fanfic version of the 'perfect' character. You know, sexy beyond all imagination, super nice and all powerful and every man just HAS to fall in love with her. She can even change the most cynical of guys.
::Yugi Virus::
Yugi blinked and stared at Yami from over the top of his desk. What was he so happy about? He'd just asked Miho out and she'd rejected him, just as Anzu had rejected him previously. Yet, he was just as satisfied as if he'd beaten your ass good in a Dual Monsters match.
The multi-color haired boy turned his head slightly to speak with Ryou. "Did you see that?"
"See what, Yugi?"
"Yami asked Miho and when she refused, he... he put a spell on her!" Yugi whimpered and bit his bottom lip. Was Yami possessed or something? His sudden odd behavior was troubling the little hikari.
Ryou smiled and tilted his head. "You have such an overactive imagination, Yugi. Yami wouldn't put a spell on Miho. She's his friend."
"Explain Anzu's absence."
"She's sick."
Yugi narrowed his eyes slightly in frustration. "But she got sick -right after- Yami asked her out, don't you see? And Miho's sick now too. And Yami asked her out."
"It's a coincidence. Maybe there's an epidemic going on around school that only hits girls." Ryou assured his friend. "I suggest you don't worry about it., and rather worry about the test this Friday."
Yugi sighed and put his head down on his desk. Wouldn't anyone listen? No one would understand. Their minds weren't open to the fact that something wasn't right at Domino High School lately. If it was up to him to figure everything out, then by god- Yugi would figure it out! He could be Yugi Mutou: Private Eye, and buy a trenchcoat like Seto's and flaunt about with a magnifying glass and-
"Yugi, sit down... you're embarassing yourself..." there was a slight tugging at Yugi's shirt and to his horror, the little Hikari opened his eyes to find himself standing on his chair, fist raised in the air in a victory sign.
Yugi blinked and turned bright red with embarassment. Other students were eyeing him a little suspiciously, and it caused the shorter student to creep back low into his seat.
Jou elbowed him from the right. "Hey, Yug, you alright? I've never seen you make an outburst like that. Something about Kaiba and a trenchcoat."
Yugi laughed nervously. "I must have dozed off, Jou, but thanks for asking."
--
"Grampa, I'm home!" Yugi called in his normal cheerful tone as he entered the Game Shop. But when his Grandfather did not return his usual greeting, Yugi grew worried and looked towards the counter. Indeed, his Grandfather was not there and in his place say Yami, feet propped up on the desk and reading some kind of manga.
"Hey, Yugi. You're home early." He didn't even look up from reading his manga, and merely flipped a page rather boredly.
"Yes, um, Ryou had to stay after school so I walked home by myself." Yugi nodded, a little unsure of how to act around Yami. Now that he appeared to be so different, so strange. He wasn't acting like his normal self, if Yugi even knew what normal was for Yami. Yugi began to walk towards the back door of the shop, leading to the stairs that led to the living quarters of Yugi, Yami and Sugoroku. Yet, as he brushed passed Yami to get there, his darkness reached out instictively and grabbed Yugi's upper arm.
"I know what you're trying to do, and it's not going to help." Yami commented, flipping yet another page of the manga.
Yugi turned around, slightly more firghtened. "I don't know what you're talking about, Yami."
Yami took the time to glance up from reading to glare at his Aibou. "Stay out of my business. What I do is of no interest to you."
Yugi gulped and nodded, and it took him a while to realize that Yami was talking about the odd signs he'd been showing. The way he was asking everyone out, then sending them off somewhere. Yami let go of Yugi's arm, and that's when the little hikari realized how hard he'd been holding onto him and squeezed his eyes shut from the pain. That was going to bruise.
Opening one eye, Yugi took time to look at the manga that Yami was reading before he scrambled upstairs to the safety of his room. But he stopped midway, was it possible? He only saw one picture, and it was of Yami holding his arm out like the Dark Magician over a random girl.
--
"I'm serious, he was reading a manga about this! What's going on right now!" Yugi pleaded into the phone. He was sitting on the edge of his bed toying around with his Millenium Puzzle.
"What's going on right now?" Came the other voice. It belonged to Ryou and he was finally back from school.
"YAMI. He's doing something to the girls at the school!"
"Yugi, we've been through this before. You're overreacting." Ryou sighed from the other end and paused before continuing. "It's really worrying me."
This brought a faint trace of blush to Yugi's cheeks. "I'm sorry, I... won't bring it up again."
"Good." Ryou's tone sounded as if he was smiling, and Yugi couldn't help but to smile as well. "I'll talk to you tommorrow at school, alright?"
"Alrighty, Goodbye." Yugi stared at the phone for a brief moment before hanging up. The silence that followed was interrupted by loud fits of coughing coming from Sugoroku's room. Yugi raised an eyebrow and stepped into the hallway. "Grampa?"
This was followed by a cough and Yugi went into his Grandfather's room only to find him in his bed, with tissues all over the place and a humidifier was running. "Oh, Yugi, could you please hand me another tissue box?"
Yugi did so, and as soon as he had, Sugoroku sneezed really loud, then used a new tissue to wipe his nose. His eyes were red and puffy and his voice was a bit scratchy. He looked very tired and was constantly moaning.
"Grampa, are you alright? What's wrong?" Yugi took a step forward, but didn't want to get too close unless whatever his Grandfather had was contagious.
"Oh Yugi, Yami... he- he's been acting wierd you know." Yugi's eyes lit up. Someone else was noticing! He leaned forward to hear what else his grandfather had to say. "Can you believe it. Yami would ask old Sugoroku out?" He tried to laugh but ended up in a fit of coughs and wheezes. It took him a while, but he recollected himself.
Yugi was astonished. "Yami... asked -you- out Grampa?"
His Grandfather nodded. "Strangest thing too. What your friend, Jounouchi said yesterday. About the Dark Magician, Yami did that. Next thing I knew, I had this roaring headache and I turned the shop in his hands for the rest of the day. I guess I caught some sort of cold."
Yugi felt sick. What kind of game did Yami think he was playing this time? To do something so horrible as to ask out his Grandfather! Though, Yugi figured he knew more about what was going on now. Whenever Yami performed that spell, he'd inflict an illness upon that person. A virus.
"Grampa, I'll go get you some soup, I'll be right back," Yugi muttered quickly and ran down the stairs only to run smack dab into Yami. The taller form, stared down at Yugi and smirked.
"Where are you going, Aibou?"
Yugi clenched his fists. "Grampa's sick and I'm getting him some soup. No thanks to you."
"What was that last part?"
"Erm... what about you?"
Yami looked down at Yugi for a good long time. The little hikari could feel his heart beating all the way down through his legs and swallowed rather loudly. He cursed himself for looking so obvious but it seemed Yami thought it unimportant. "I'm getting some sleep."
Yugi nodded, dodged past his creepy dark side and bolted down the stairs to get his Grandfather some soup.
--
"A Yami Virus?" Honda peered at Yugi and placed a hand on his forehead. "Are you sure you're alright?"
Yugi swatted Honda's large hand away. "Of course I'm alright! We've all seen him perform the spell and Anzu is -still- sick! And this time, I got to talk to a real victim about it!"
"Woah, woah, hold on here." Jou blinked. "You're saying Yami asked out your Grandpa?" Yugi nodded and both Jou and Honda burst out laughing. "Now I've heard everything. Yami Virus, heck it's a Yugi Virus if he beleives it."
"I know it's hard to beleive, but at least try! Yami's doing something really weird." Yugi felt the tears come to his eyes and he tried blinking them away. Before, he'd told his Grandfather about his hypothesis, and even he did not believe the little hikari. Sugoroku simply figured there was an epidemic going around. Yugi found himself biting his bottom lip and wishing Ryou were there. He always found a way to cheer Yugi up.
"Hey you guys." Came a familiar voice behind them. Ryou and Yami were walking up towards them together. Ryou nodded. "Thanks for waiting for us. We'd better hurry to school or we'll be late." He paused, obviously noting Yugi's glazed eyes. "Yugi, what's wrong?" His arms met the shorter boy's shoulders comfortingly.
Yugi didn't dare say anything about the Yami Virus, or Yugi Virus as Jou and Honda called it. At least he shouldn't say anything while Yami was there and furthermore, he'd promised Ryou he wouldn't bring the subject up again. He merely sniffed. "It's nothing. Let's get to school."
Suddenly there were footsteps behind them and the small group turned around to see a smiling girl. "Hey! Remember me? I'm Hannah Spinnex, we have Pegasus-sama's class together."
Yugi scanned his memory and her face finally became familiar. She sat in the back of the classroom next to a big group of girls. They were all really nice and really pretty. Forgetting his tears for a moment, Yugi smiled for the first time since he'd woken up that morning. "Good Morning, Hannah."
"Say, aren't you the guy that was doing a victory dance on your desk yesterday?" She pointed out. Yugi blushed furiously and muttered a few syllables. Luckily Yami 'saved' the day by grabbing both of Hannah's hands.
"Will you date with me?" His words were simple, and practiced. (And sounding very much like Tatewaki Kuno's)
Hannah's eyes grew wide and her left eye twitched before she slapped Yami. His second slap of the week, Yugi thought. Her face was red with rage and embarassement. "I... can't go out with you... we... don't know each other well enough yet!"
Yami was untouched. He merely sighed and brought his hand up and muttered the same Egyptian phrases. Before anyone, inlcuding Yugi, knew what was happening, Hannah was on the ground, on her knees, clutching her head and complaining of a headache. Yami was already heading down the road towards the high school. Yugi, concerned helped Hannah up. "You alright?"
She shook her head. "I'm going home, I don't feel well enough to go to school anymore..." She wobbled a bit, but began to walk in the opposite direction.
Jou raised an eyebrow and exchanged odd glances with Honda, then they burst out laughing again. "Yugi Virus, strikes again!"
"Yugi Virus..." Ryou repeated and looked to Yugi, who now had tears flowing freely. "Yugi, you promised you wouldn't say anything."
"But, but it's true! And you saw it! Yami made her sick, he gave her... the.. the." Yugi decided to use Honda and Jou's word for the sickness since they seemed to like it so much. "The Yugi Virus."
By then, the group of four made their way to school. Jou and Honda were cracking perverbial jokes and one-liners in the background while Ryou assured Yugi everything would pass. "I don't really understand this Yugi Virus of yours, but if anything else happens, please tell me. I want to help you get through this."
Yugi looked up at Ryou from the corner of his eyes. "You think I'm having hallucinations, don't you?"
Jou stopped joking around with Honda for a split second. "The Yugi Virus brings hallucinations too?"
"NO!" Yugi stamped his foot.
"Geez," Honda remarked. "You're looking a little hot Yugi, sure you don't have the Yugi Virus?"
"That's not-" Ryou protested.
"-No!" Yugi shook his head. "My Grampa has the Yugi Virus too!" His tears were flowing freely again. How could Ryou be so blind as to miss what was going on? How could Jou and Honda joke so freely when obviously this was important to him? "He's sick and he told me the whole story. I know Yami's doing something wierd! And no one will beleive me!" He broke down in sobs.
Jou rubbed the back of his neck. "Aw, Geez Yugi, I'm sorry for acting like a wise crack." He elbowed Honda hard in the ribs and the tall boy bowed.
"I'm sorry too."
Ryou stooped down next to the crying Yugi and put comforting arms around him. Yugi flinched lightly but didn't object. It felt kind of nice to be held like this. After a while, he soon forgot what he was crying about and his sobs turned into little sniffles. Ryou pulled back and smiled only very lightly. "Better?" Yugi sniffed, wiped his nose on his sleeve, and nodded.
The four boys walked to school in silence.
--
"We're all here right?" Pegasus-sama asked the room. No one said anything. "Well I can clearly see there's some empty desks. Does anyone know who isn't here?"
Ryou raised his hand. "All four Mary-Sue's, Hannah and Anzu aren't here, sir."
"Arigatou, Bakura." Pegasus jotted something down. "Now um, Yugi I can trust you. Here's the answers to last night's homework. Go over them with the class. I'll be in the teacher's lounge." And with that, he dropped the papers onto Yugi's desk, grabbed his wine coolers and left the room once more.
Yugi responsively shifted through the papers. "Um, alright... answer to question one is... Kitzaku-san."
Honda raised his hand. "What was the question anyway?"
Yugi looked at the paper again. "Who's the authoress of the fic?"
"Oh." Honda put his hand down and marked his paper wrong. Yugi couldn't help but look over to see what he'd put down and almost snorted.
'Goat Cheese'
Yami raised his hand. "I'm bored with this. Let's all just say we got all the answers right." The room was filled with 'Yeah's' and 'Let's do that's'.
Yugi blinked. "But... Pegasus-sama said..."
"Screw that old man." Yami kicked his feet on his desk. "He's just drunk anyway." A few kids in the room erupted with claps and laughter. Yugi took his seat, looking hurt. From behind, Ryou placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't listen to him, he doesn't know anything about anything."
"I heard that Bakura." Yami flicked a pencil at the silver haired boy, but he ducked in time and it hit Jou square in the forehead.
"Hey!" a girl called from behind Jou. "Yami, you shouldn't be throwing things."
Yugi looked up to see who was standing up to his darker side in surprise. It was another pretty girl who was obviously good at reading stories that had taste. It took a while for Yugi to recall her name... Crystalia!
Yami smirked. "Oh, hey babe. Instead of me throwing things, how bout we throw a party back at my place. Just you and me."
Yugi cringed and felt sick again. He knew what was coming. Crystalia blushed. "Did you just... ask... me out?"
"S'what it looks like, doesn't it?" Yami lowered his voice to that seductive tone again. "So what about it?"
Crystalia pushed her two pointer fingers together. "I don't think so... I really should be doing anything I mean, this is the first time we've really talked and... I'm so embarassed!"
"I'll take that as a No." Yami raised his hand up again. "Very well then. Goodbye." He started to mutter the curse again.
But Yugi wouldn't have it. He'd seen more than one of his friend's get infected with the Yugi Virus before and he wouldn't let it happen again. "Yami, STOP!"
But, Yami didn't stop at all, he'd finished the curse and Crystalia slumped down in her hair, holding her stomache. It seemed that each time Yami used the curse, it got stronger. Yugi pulled Yami's arm down, but it was too late anyway.
Yami muttered Yugi's way before he slipped out of the classroom. "And don't you try to stop me again."
Crystalia's friends rushed to her aid and Yugi himself fell back in his chair. He couldn't stop Yami, but there had to be a way to get behind this, but how? "R...Ryou?"
He was there immediatly. "Yes, Yugi?" There was a long silence and Yugi swallowed hard, trying not to bring back tears. He didn't know how far the Yugi Virus got, or when Yami would end. Would the victims be sick forever? Or would they eventually die? The thought of his grandfather dieing, or Anzu or even his other classmates was too much.
Tears found there way to Yugi's eyes again and he muttered something to Ryou that sounded like 'Hold me.'
And that's just what Ryou did.
TBC! ^.~
Kitzaku-san: YES! I'm so happy with the way this chapter turned out! Meee! Readers now have a better view on how the Yugi Virus works! And don't worry, you won't die. It's a rule in stories, I can't have everyone just DIE. I mean, other authors and authoress's lives are at stake here!
Yugi Muse: Did you have to make me so... childish and cute?
Kitzaku-san: Sure did! ^.^ :; pinches his cheeks:: And you're so good at being cute too! And with Ryou no less, WAI!
Excel Muse: :; holds up the sign again:: R&R! And if you want to appear in the next chapter as a helpless victim, sign up now!
Kitzaku-san: Right. Arigatou, Excel! All flames (for the Yugi/Ryou pairing and the VERY VERY light Jou and Honda bashing) will be used to heat up my room becuse my step-father refuses to turn down the AC.
Rates: PG, Yami/Everyone, Mild Language, suggested Yugi/Ryou
AN: MAH! Thanks so much for the reviews everyone. And for a little one-on- one talk about the stories. ^.^ I didn't expect to get the second chapter up so soon, but here it comes! Don't mind the weird humor, I'mma listening to Dir en Grey. Go J-Rock! Oh I got an anonmynous e-mail asking what a Mary- Sue was.
Mary Sue= the fanfic version of the 'perfect' character. You know, sexy beyond all imagination, super nice and all powerful and every man just HAS to fall in love with her. She can even change the most cynical of guys.
::Yugi Virus::
Yugi blinked and stared at Yami from over the top of his desk. What was he so happy about? He'd just asked Miho out and she'd rejected him, just as Anzu had rejected him previously. Yet, he was just as satisfied as if he'd beaten your ass good in a Dual Monsters match.
The multi-color haired boy turned his head slightly to speak with Ryou. "Did you see that?"
"See what, Yugi?"
"Yami asked Miho and when she refused, he... he put a spell on her!" Yugi whimpered and bit his bottom lip. Was Yami possessed or something? His sudden odd behavior was troubling the little hikari.
Ryou smiled and tilted his head. "You have such an overactive imagination, Yugi. Yami wouldn't put a spell on Miho. She's his friend."
"Explain Anzu's absence."
"She's sick."
Yugi narrowed his eyes slightly in frustration. "But she got sick -right after- Yami asked her out, don't you see? And Miho's sick now too. And Yami asked her out."
"It's a coincidence. Maybe there's an epidemic going on around school that only hits girls." Ryou assured his friend. "I suggest you don't worry about it., and rather worry about the test this Friday."
Yugi sighed and put his head down on his desk. Wouldn't anyone listen? No one would understand. Their minds weren't open to the fact that something wasn't right at Domino High School lately. If it was up to him to figure everything out, then by god- Yugi would figure it out! He could be Yugi Mutou: Private Eye, and buy a trenchcoat like Seto's and flaunt about with a magnifying glass and-
"Yugi, sit down... you're embarassing yourself..." there was a slight tugging at Yugi's shirt and to his horror, the little Hikari opened his eyes to find himself standing on his chair, fist raised in the air in a victory sign.
Yugi blinked and turned bright red with embarassment. Other students were eyeing him a little suspiciously, and it caused the shorter student to creep back low into his seat.
Jou elbowed him from the right. "Hey, Yug, you alright? I've never seen you make an outburst like that. Something about Kaiba and a trenchcoat."
Yugi laughed nervously. "I must have dozed off, Jou, but thanks for asking."
--
"Grampa, I'm home!" Yugi called in his normal cheerful tone as he entered the Game Shop. But when his Grandfather did not return his usual greeting, Yugi grew worried and looked towards the counter. Indeed, his Grandfather was not there and in his place say Yami, feet propped up on the desk and reading some kind of manga.
"Hey, Yugi. You're home early." He didn't even look up from reading his manga, and merely flipped a page rather boredly.
"Yes, um, Ryou had to stay after school so I walked home by myself." Yugi nodded, a little unsure of how to act around Yami. Now that he appeared to be so different, so strange. He wasn't acting like his normal self, if Yugi even knew what normal was for Yami. Yugi began to walk towards the back door of the shop, leading to the stairs that led to the living quarters of Yugi, Yami and Sugoroku. Yet, as he brushed passed Yami to get there, his darkness reached out instictively and grabbed Yugi's upper arm.
"I know what you're trying to do, and it's not going to help." Yami commented, flipping yet another page of the manga.
Yugi turned around, slightly more firghtened. "I don't know what you're talking about, Yami."
Yami took the time to glance up from reading to glare at his Aibou. "Stay out of my business. What I do is of no interest to you."
Yugi gulped and nodded, and it took him a while to realize that Yami was talking about the odd signs he'd been showing. The way he was asking everyone out, then sending them off somewhere. Yami let go of Yugi's arm, and that's when the little hikari realized how hard he'd been holding onto him and squeezed his eyes shut from the pain. That was going to bruise.
Opening one eye, Yugi took time to look at the manga that Yami was reading before he scrambled upstairs to the safety of his room. But he stopped midway, was it possible? He only saw one picture, and it was of Yami holding his arm out like the Dark Magician over a random girl.
--
"I'm serious, he was reading a manga about this! What's going on right now!" Yugi pleaded into the phone. He was sitting on the edge of his bed toying around with his Millenium Puzzle.
"What's going on right now?" Came the other voice. It belonged to Ryou and he was finally back from school.
"YAMI. He's doing something to the girls at the school!"
"Yugi, we've been through this before. You're overreacting." Ryou sighed from the other end and paused before continuing. "It's really worrying me."
This brought a faint trace of blush to Yugi's cheeks. "I'm sorry, I... won't bring it up again."
"Good." Ryou's tone sounded as if he was smiling, and Yugi couldn't help but to smile as well. "I'll talk to you tommorrow at school, alright?"
"Alrighty, Goodbye." Yugi stared at the phone for a brief moment before hanging up. The silence that followed was interrupted by loud fits of coughing coming from Sugoroku's room. Yugi raised an eyebrow and stepped into the hallway. "Grampa?"
This was followed by a cough and Yugi went into his Grandfather's room only to find him in his bed, with tissues all over the place and a humidifier was running. "Oh, Yugi, could you please hand me another tissue box?"
Yugi did so, and as soon as he had, Sugoroku sneezed really loud, then used a new tissue to wipe his nose. His eyes were red and puffy and his voice was a bit scratchy. He looked very tired and was constantly moaning.
"Grampa, are you alright? What's wrong?" Yugi took a step forward, but didn't want to get too close unless whatever his Grandfather had was contagious.
"Oh Yugi, Yami... he- he's been acting wierd you know." Yugi's eyes lit up. Someone else was noticing! He leaned forward to hear what else his grandfather had to say. "Can you believe it. Yami would ask old Sugoroku out?" He tried to laugh but ended up in a fit of coughs and wheezes. It took him a while, but he recollected himself.
Yugi was astonished. "Yami... asked -you- out Grampa?"
His Grandfather nodded. "Strangest thing too. What your friend, Jounouchi said yesterday. About the Dark Magician, Yami did that. Next thing I knew, I had this roaring headache and I turned the shop in his hands for the rest of the day. I guess I caught some sort of cold."
Yugi felt sick. What kind of game did Yami think he was playing this time? To do something so horrible as to ask out his Grandfather! Though, Yugi figured he knew more about what was going on now. Whenever Yami performed that spell, he'd inflict an illness upon that person. A virus.
"Grampa, I'll go get you some soup, I'll be right back," Yugi muttered quickly and ran down the stairs only to run smack dab into Yami. The taller form, stared down at Yugi and smirked.
"Where are you going, Aibou?"
Yugi clenched his fists. "Grampa's sick and I'm getting him some soup. No thanks to you."
"What was that last part?"
"Erm... what about you?"
Yami looked down at Yugi for a good long time. The little hikari could feel his heart beating all the way down through his legs and swallowed rather loudly. He cursed himself for looking so obvious but it seemed Yami thought it unimportant. "I'm getting some sleep."
Yugi nodded, dodged past his creepy dark side and bolted down the stairs to get his Grandfather some soup.
--
"A Yami Virus?" Honda peered at Yugi and placed a hand on his forehead. "Are you sure you're alright?"
Yugi swatted Honda's large hand away. "Of course I'm alright! We've all seen him perform the spell and Anzu is -still- sick! And this time, I got to talk to a real victim about it!"
"Woah, woah, hold on here." Jou blinked. "You're saying Yami asked out your Grandpa?" Yugi nodded and both Jou and Honda burst out laughing. "Now I've heard everything. Yami Virus, heck it's a Yugi Virus if he beleives it."
"I know it's hard to beleive, but at least try! Yami's doing something really weird." Yugi felt the tears come to his eyes and he tried blinking them away. Before, he'd told his Grandfather about his hypothesis, and even he did not believe the little hikari. Sugoroku simply figured there was an epidemic going around. Yugi found himself biting his bottom lip and wishing Ryou were there. He always found a way to cheer Yugi up.
"Hey you guys." Came a familiar voice behind them. Ryou and Yami were walking up towards them together. Ryou nodded. "Thanks for waiting for us. We'd better hurry to school or we'll be late." He paused, obviously noting Yugi's glazed eyes. "Yugi, what's wrong?" His arms met the shorter boy's shoulders comfortingly.
Yugi didn't dare say anything about the Yami Virus, or Yugi Virus as Jou and Honda called it. At least he shouldn't say anything while Yami was there and furthermore, he'd promised Ryou he wouldn't bring the subject up again. He merely sniffed. "It's nothing. Let's get to school."
Suddenly there were footsteps behind them and the small group turned around to see a smiling girl. "Hey! Remember me? I'm Hannah Spinnex, we have Pegasus-sama's class together."
Yugi scanned his memory and her face finally became familiar. She sat in the back of the classroom next to a big group of girls. They were all really nice and really pretty. Forgetting his tears for a moment, Yugi smiled for the first time since he'd woken up that morning. "Good Morning, Hannah."
"Say, aren't you the guy that was doing a victory dance on your desk yesterday?" She pointed out. Yugi blushed furiously and muttered a few syllables. Luckily Yami 'saved' the day by grabbing both of Hannah's hands.
"Will you date with me?" His words were simple, and practiced. (And sounding very much like Tatewaki Kuno's)
Hannah's eyes grew wide and her left eye twitched before she slapped Yami. His second slap of the week, Yugi thought. Her face was red with rage and embarassement. "I... can't go out with you... we... don't know each other well enough yet!"
Yami was untouched. He merely sighed and brought his hand up and muttered the same Egyptian phrases. Before anyone, inlcuding Yugi, knew what was happening, Hannah was on the ground, on her knees, clutching her head and complaining of a headache. Yami was already heading down the road towards the high school. Yugi, concerned helped Hannah up. "You alright?"
She shook her head. "I'm going home, I don't feel well enough to go to school anymore..." She wobbled a bit, but began to walk in the opposite direction.
Jou raised an eyebrow and exchanged odd glances with Honda, then they burst out laughing again. "Yugi Virus, strikes again!"
"Yugi Virus..." Ryou repeated and looked to Yugi, who now had tears flowing freely. "Yugi, you promised you wouldn't say anything."
"But, but it's true! And you saw it! Yami made her sick, he gave her... the.. the." Yugi decided to use Honda and Jou's word for the sickness since they seemed to like it so much. "The Yugi Virus."
By then, the group of four made their way to school. Jou and Honda were cracking perverbial jokes and one-liners in the background while Ryou assured Yugi everything would pass. "I don't really understand this Yugi Virus of yours, but if anything else happens, please tell me. I want to help you get through this."
Yugi looked up at Ryou from the corner of his eyes. "You think I'm having hallucinations, don't you?"
Jou stopped joking around with Honda for a split second. "The Yugi Virus brings hallucinations too?"
"NO!" Yugi stamped his foot.
"Geez," Honda remarked. "You're looking a little hot Yugi, sure you don't have the Yugi Virus?"
"That's not-" Ryou protested.
"-No!" Yugi shook his head. "My Grampa has the Yugi Virus too!" His tears were flowing freely again. How could Ryou be so blind as to miss what was going on? How could Jou and Honda joke so freely when obviously this was important to him? "He's sick and he told me the whole story. I know Yami's doing something wierd! And no one will beleive me!" He broke down in sobs.
Jou rubbed the back of his neck. "Aw, Geez Yugi, I'm sorry for acting like a wise crack." He elbowed Honda hard in the ribs and the tall boy bowed.
"I'm sorry too."
Ryou stooped down next to the crying Yugi and put comforting arms around him. Yugi flinched lightly but didn't object. It felt kind of nice to be held like this. After a while, he soon forgot what he was crying about and his sobs turned into little sniffles. Ryou pulled back and smiled only very lightly. "Better?" Yugi sniffed, wiped his nose on his sleeve, and nodded.
The four boys walked to school in silence.
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"We're all here right?" Pegasus-sama asked the room. No one said anything. "Well I can clearly see there's some empty desks. Does anyone know who isn't here?"
Ryou raised his hand. "All four Mary-Sue's, Hannah and Anzu aren't here, sir."
"Arigatou, Bakura." Pegasus jotted something down. "Now um, Yugi I can trust you. Here's the answers to last night's homework. Go over them with the class. I'll be in the teacher's lounge." And with that, he dropped the papers onto Yugi's desk, grabbed his wine coolers and left the room once more.
Yugi responsively shifted through the papers. "Um, alright... answer to question one is... Kitzaku-san."
Honda raised his hand. "What was the question anyway?"
Yugi looked at the paper again. "Who's the authoress of the fic?"
"Oh." Honda put his hand down and marked his paper wrong. Yugi couldn't help but look over to see what he'd put down and almost snorted.
'Goat Cheese'
Yami raised his hand. "I'm bored with this. Let's all just say we got all the answers right." The room was filled with 'Yeah's' and 'Let's do that's'.
Yugi blinked. "But... Pegasus-sama said..."
"Screw that old man." Yami kicked his feet on his desk. "He's just drunk anyway." A few kids in the room erupted with claps and laughter. Yugi took his seat, looking hurt. From behind, Ryou placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't listen to him, he doesn't know anything about anything."
"I heard that Bakura." Yami flicked a pencil at the silver haired boy, but he ducked in time and it hit Jou square in the forehead.
"Hey!" a girl called from behind Jou. "Yami, you shouldn't be throwing things."
Yugi looked up to see who was standing up to his darker side in surprise. It was another pretty girl who was obviously good at reading stories that had taste. It took a while for Yugi to recall her name... Crystalia!
Yami smirked. "Oh, hey babe. Instead of me throwing things, how bout we throw a party back at my place. Just you and me."
Yugi cringed and felt sick again. He knew what was coming. Crystalia blushed. "Did you just... ask... me out?"
"S'what it looks like, doesn't it?" Yami lowered his voice to that seductive tone again. "So what about it?"
Crystalia pushed her two pointer fingers together. "I don't think so... I really should be doing anything I mean, this is the first time we've really talked and... I'm so embarassed!"
"I'll take that as a No." Yami raised his hand up again. "Very well then. Goodbye." He started to mutter the curse again.
But Yugi wouldn't have it. He'd seen more than one of his friend's get infected with the Yugi Virus before and he wouldn't let it happen again. "Yami, STOP!"
But, Yami didn't stop at all, he'd finished the curse and Crystalia slumped down in her hair, holding her stomache. It seemed that each time Yami used the curse, it got stronger. Yugi pulled Yami's arm down, but it was too late anyway.
Yami muttered Yugi's way before he slipped out of the classroom. "And don't you try to stop me again."
Crystalia's friends rushed to her aid and Yugi himself fell back in his chair. He couldn't stop Yami, but there had to be a way to get behind this, but how? "R...Ryou?"
He was there immediatly. "Yes, Yugi?" There was a long silence and Yugi swallowed hard, trying not to bring back tears. He didn't know how far the Yugi Virus got, or when Yami would end. Would the victims be sick forever? Or would they eventually die? The thought of his grandfather dieing, or Anzu or even his other classmates was too much.
Tears found there way to Yugi's eyes again and he muttered something to Ryou that sounded like 'Hold me.'
And that's just what Ryou did.
TBC! ^.~
Kitzaku-san: YES! I'm so happy with the way this chapter turned out! Meee! Readers now have a better view on how the Yugi Virus works! And don't worry, you won't die. It's a rule in stories, I can't have everyone just DIE. I mean, other authors and authoress's lives are at stake here!
Yugi Muse: Did you have to make me so... childish and cute?
Kitzaku-san: Sure did! ^.^ :; pinches his cheeks:: And you're so good at being cute too! And with Ryou no less, WAI!
Excel Muse: :; holds up the sign again:: R&R! And if you want to appear in the next chapter as a helpless victim, sign up now!
Kitzaku-san: Right. Arigatou, Excel! All flames (for the Yugi/Ryou pairing and the VERY VERY light Jou and Honda bashing) will be used to heat up my room becuse my step-father refuses to turn down the AC.