Blue: ~speaks out with a hoarse voice and looking miserable beyond belief~ "Hi everyone. I have fallen gravelly ill this Thanksgiving Day because of food poisoning, can you believe that?"
Yami Blue: ~leaning against the wall with his eyes closed and his arms crossed over his chest~ "They would, if they had seen what I did. You ate more potato salad than was humanly possible."
Blue: ~keeps typing in her computer while trying to ignore her yami~ "Please go away Yami… I don't have the strength to fight with you right now." ~she says hoarsely~
Yami Blue: ~glares at his hikari in concern~ "I will… as soon as you turn off that damn contraption and go back to bed."
Blue: ~whines tiredly~ "But I have to finish this chapter. My readers are counting on me."
Yami Blue: ~grunts out petulantly~ "What makes you even think that someone is reading this crap, anyway? Is not like you have received any feedback."
Blue: ~stops typing for a second and looks back angrily at his Yami but with tears in her eyes~ "My work is not crap! And when I do get some reviews I'm going to beat you over the head with each one of them! Now leave me alone!"
Yami Blue: ~surprised by her reaction he simply complies with her request and leaves the room silently~
Blue: ~dries the annoying tears with the back of her hand and continues typing with more determination than ever~ "So, anyways, here is chapter two. I hope you enjoy it. And please don't forget to review."
The Prophet
Chapter 2: "She did what!?"
By Blue
It's a beautiful and shiny morning today at Domino High and everyone seems eager to begin with the new school term, except for a very familiar group of friends who are dreadfully looking at their class programs.
"Oh man… I have to take Physics this year! What's that about, anyway?" Says Joey in an annoying whiny tone.
"Oh nothing much. Just, some meaningless theories about the workings of the universe." Answers Tristan all knowingly.
"Ok, you wise guy! If this crap is so important, how come I have never heard of it before, ha?"
"Because you are an idiot?" This last offense drove Joey into grabbing Tristan head in an arm lock and calling him all sorts of weird insults like; banana-head, pickled-brain and so on. Tristan, on the other hand, not being one to give up easily in a fight, started to struggle with Joey. Soon the two where wrestling all over the floor without caring for the many spectators. While they continued with their playful yet somewhat brutal brawl Yugi and Téa decided to ignore their childish behavior and continue with their conversation.
"So, Téa! What classes do you have? Are there many hard ones?" Yugi asked with his characteristic cheerfulness. Téa, who had been only paying attention to her class program until that moment, looked up at her best friend and tried to force a smile.
"No, not really. I'm just sad that the four of us only share a few classes." She said casually. Yugi looked at his friend with understanding. He had felt the same way after realizing that he wouldn't be spending that much time with his friends, but he tried to act happy for her sake.
"That's ok. We can always see each other at lunchtime or after school, right? And at least this way we won't distract each other so much during classes."
Right after Yugi said this, Téa's eyebrows curved in speculation. She was wondering if Yugi had noticed how she sometimes stared at him during class and she would have felt greatly embarrassed if he had not beaten her to the punch by turning a bright shade of red. He had just realized what his words could imply and he was now desperately trying to fix any misinterpretation.
"I mean-- not that you distract me during class or anything like that! I mean, you do, but not in a bad way! What I mean is--"
"That's ok Yugi. I understand." She reassured her friend and laughed a little. Somehow, Yugi could always manage to lighten her spirits.
"And you are right! Just because we are not in the same classroom doesn't mean that we'll stop being friends. This might be even good for us after all. We can make new friends… and God knows it won't hurt Joey to pay more attention in class." She said the last in a lower criticizing manner. It was getting difficult for anyone passing by the hallway to ignore or even evade the bickering of her two friends.
"Hey, I resent that!" Joey commented while trying to maintain Tristan under control. "I got good grades last years, didn't I? Especially in Math!" Joey stated in his defense while Tristan broke free from his grasp and gained the upper hand.
"That's because we used to hit you on the head with the Math book every time you fell asleep." Said Tristan after twisting Joey's arm a little for effort.
"Why you—." The rest of Joey words where lost between cries and insults as Tristan continued to torture him. By this time it was obvious that the two where not about to stop any time soon so Téa decided to brake them apart.
"Could you two just stop fighting for one day? You have been at each other's throats all summer!" She declared very annoyed by their constant battling. The fact was that she and everyone else were begining to worry about the stability of their relationship. The two boys had been arguing more than usual lately and their friends had been desperate to know what was troubling them. Thankfully, one of them finally declared what was wrong.
"That's because Joey doesn't like the idea that I am dating his sister." Said Tristan.
"Dream on, you cheap Casanova!" Said Joey mockingly.
"Just because the two of you shared an ice cream or two, that doesn't mean that she'll fall for a snooty geek like you!"
Joey spitted back the remark making his friend suddenly angry. It was true that he was annoyed by Joey's protectiveness over his little sister, but until that moment he had never been really hurt by his insults. For the first time in his life, Tristan wanted to hurt his friend back and he knew exactly what would do the job. A little secret he had been keeping and had been dying to blurt out.
"Oh yeah! If I'm so unlikable, then why did she kissed me goodbye before living to get her operation." Everyone in the hallway stopped what they where doing to see how Joey's eyes widened out of their sockets and then fell on his face completely shocked by the news.
"She did what?!" Joey said softly almost to himself.
"Yup! She gave me a kiss! And not just a messily friendly peck on the cheek; she kissed me long and good right on the—Ack… Gack… Joey…" Tristan could not finish his sentence as Joey recovered from his stunned state and began to strangle him.
"You take that back!" Joey shouted while squeezing harder on his friends neck. The boys where now making quite a spectacle of themselves.
"You guys!" Téa scolded at them. She really didn't believe that Joey would murder Tristan but when she saw Tristan's face turn blue she gasped in fright.
"Oh my God! Tristan!" Yugi also realizing the danger of the situation jumped in to pull the boys apart.
"Joey, that's enough! Let go! You're hurting him!" Yugi stopped Tristan from shocking to death but he could not manage to calm the boys down. They where still going at each like two crazy dogs and with him in the middle.
"Ouch! Hey that's MY arm!" Yugi yelled in pain as one of them bit his arm.
"Yugi!" Téa called out.
"Let go of him you morons! You are hurting him!" She said angrily while hitting the two boys over the head with her books.
Seeing that the pain was increasing rapidly, Yugi called out to the one person he could always count on. He called out to the spirit of his millennium puzzle.
Ahhh! Yami! Help!
Yami heard Yugi's telepathic cry and immediately responded by taking control of the boy's body. He was going to handle this situation personally.
"Joey! Tristan! Stop this nonsense at once!" He yelled out with his deep voice feeling very angry with the two boys for hurting his partner. He would have turned violent as well if not for the sweet sound of a feminine voice that shyly and softly spoke out to the four of them and froze them on their spots.
"Excuse me…" Said the lovely girl while fidgeting.
"Would any of you tell me where's the principal's office?" Téa blinked a few times wondering where this cute little girl had come from. She was very impressed with her good looks not to mention the other boys who where now categorizing her attributes. The girl was almost the same size as Téa but with a long blue braid that was brought from the side to cascade over her petit chest, and caramel colored eyes that expressed great openness and kindness. Although the tree boys where still in a stupefied state they answered the girl's question by simply pointing to the right direction.
"Oh… Thank you!" Said the smiling girl before walking away as if she had not just seem four students foolishly beating each other up.
"Wow… who was that?" Asked Joey while getting on his feet and slapping the dust off his uniform. The other two boys followed suit while asking themselves the same thing. They had obviously forgotten all about what they where doing.
"Don't know. I've never seen her before." Said Tristan.
"She must be a new student," Yami commented while looking at the direction where the girl had disappeared.
"Exactly! Why else would a nice good looking girl like that be looking for the principal's office?" Joey said with great enthusiasm before someone hit him painfully over the head, before Tristan and Yami followed suit.
"My poor head…" Tristan cried. Yami only hissed silently while rubbing the pain off his head. Joey them turned angrily to confront their attacker.
"Hey! That hurt!" He complained while looking over his shoulder to find the terrifying site of a very annoyed friend and an extremely pest-off girlfriend. Joey didn't know at what time Mai had arrived at the scene and he didn't cared. At the moment the only thing he was wondering about was why did she and Téa looked like they wanted to kill someone.
"You… Mister Wheeler, are coming with me." Said Mai firmly before picking Joey by an ear and dragging his sorry behind away from the rest of the group.
"What was that for?" Tristan wondered and Téa answered back angrily.
"You guys are impossible!" She spited out of jealousy making Tristan and Yami jump a little in surprise. She them went marching off to her classroom mumbling some stuff about stupid boys and raging hormones.
"Jeez… What got into her?" Asked Tristan while Yami was still rubbing his head.
"I don't know" Yami answered casually but in reality he was very interested to know what he had done to offend the girl.
"Hey, wait up! Téa!" Yami called out, begging her to stop while he and Tristan ran after her.
A few seconds after our friends fled the hallways the students continued with their normal comings and goings, and then a tall burnet with blood red eyes came out from her hiding place around the corner. She had been following her younger sister June when they encountered the scene of the four students fighting in the hallway. She had suggested finding an alternate route to the principal's office when June had surprised her by going forward and stopping the fight with a simple question. She knew that June had only done that to prove to her older sister, that she could take care of herself but Kei wasn't about to lower her guard. She gave the girl credit for her courage but she still believed that high school students where the cruelest of all living creatures and she wasn't about to let any of them hurt her beloved little sister.
TBC
Yami Blue: ~sneaks a peek inside Blue's bedroom an hour later to find her sleeping over the computer keyboard~ "Stubborn little brat…" ~He whispers to himself before picking her up and placing her over her bed~
Blue: ~covers herself with the covers and mumbles in her sleep~ "My work is not crap…"
Yami Blue: ~berates at himself for hurting his hikari's feelings and tries to apologize~ "You're right… I'm sorry."
Blue: ~slightly smiles and then continues to snore some more softly ~
Yami Blue: ~smiles at her cuteness and then goes back to the computer to save her files before turning the machine off~