shikonjewel: This is my first yu-gi-oh story so sorry if it sucks like hell! That is all for now.

Malik:Don't I get a say in this?

shikonjewel:um.....no! but if you must......*I can't believe this*....I'll let you....

Malik:Yeah! well this story is about Romance between to people who hate each other like hell!

shikonjewel:Hey! that's not nice!

malik:Well to bad I like that damn word!

shikonjewel:*gives a evil glare*Remember I have author powers!

Malik:*grinds his teeth* Fine have it your way!

shikonjewel:ok! well like he said these two people hate each other like hell but fall in love because they were set up!

malik:Hey you said I can't use hell but you use the word!*groans*

shikonjewel:on with the show!

Malik:Hey!

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I love you, I love you not?

"This happened during class when I was just writeing notes down in my notebook when I was suddenly.....""Ow!",shikon turned around and saw malik
looking innocent behind her. She grided her teeth and gave him a evil glare."Miss. Jewel! What is so interesting about Mr. Ishtar!", yelled the teacher. Shikon
turned to face her and she started to speak,"I...er...um.....I'm sorry Harris-sensei I won't do it again......" The whole class started laughing and she sunk really
low in her seat and blushed."Oh man I was so embrassed that day when malik did that to me yep that's me. I was so mad at him and yeah that's malik sitting
behind me laughing his but off!" malik laughed so hard he almost fell out his chair. Shikon turned around and hissed at him. Then the bell rang and everybody
packed there things and left, but shikon sat there and just stared at the ground angrily. When everybody left she got her things and walked out the door. When
she did a piece of crumbled paper hit her head and she looked around to see who did it and saw of course "Malik" laughing at her.

"haha got ya again bookworm!",laughed Malik.

"That was not funny what you did to me back in class Ishtar!"

"It was just a joke come on can't ya take a joke?"

"That was not a joke Ishtar! and you know it!"She starts walking to the cafateria.

malik chases after her and puts his hands behind his head."Come on bookworm quit being such a sore loser"

She stops and turns around to look at him."You Jerk! Quit calling me bookworm! and I'm not a sore loser!" Then she turned around and started walking again.

Malik stoped and watched her walk away. 'The nerve of him!...I can't believe he's such a jerk' "I hate him I hate him I hate him", she mumbled all the way
to the cafateria to eat lunch. She sat under a cherry blossom tree eating her lunch. She decided not to eat in the cafateria and just sit under the cherry blossom
tree watching the blossom petals fall off and fly off in the wind. 'I wonder how yugi and the others are doing without me?' She took anthor bite and looked at the
petals flying away. She sighed and looked down at her lunch,"Kaiba......I know your Tea's boyfriend but ohh how I love you but....." She was interupted by a sound
of something in the bush and she looked at it and shrugged and went back to look at the sky. Little did she notice someone was there. 'I think Malik and Shikon
are a good couple but how can I get them together?' It was Joey spying on Shikon and he smiled and gave a evil grin."Wha cha got in that brain of yours Joey?"
wispered a boy with brown hair and wore his bule school uniform."Hey tristan how would you like if we lead Shikon in a trap that she would hate so so much!" Joey
wispered. "Oh man this sounds evil really evil tell me about it", Tristan wispered. Joey leaned towards his ear and spoke the plan.

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"so what if she hates me alot?", Malik was outside to on the school roof eating his lunch,"why do I tease her so much?" and he took at bite of his lunch
and stared at the sky. Then he heard a faint sound coming from below him. "Ow that hurt!" He looked over the edge and saw you guessed it shikon eating lunch
outside. "What's she doing out here?" he watched her pull something out her right hand."That's better I wonder where this sharp piece of metal came from?" She
looked around for something to wipe her hand off from the blood that flowed down her hand and on to the ground. Malik watched her like he felt the pain to. "Oh no
I don't have anything to clean my plam with or anything to wrap around it" Malik remembered he had a napkins with him and he could use his cloth around his head
to wrap her hand with. With out think he jumped off the roof and landed and walked over to her. Shikon looked up to see Malik walking to her. "What do you want?"
she said angrily but she got no answer. Malik grabed right her hand. "Ow! That hurt!", she complained. But Malik still didn't answer and just started to clean her hand
with the napkin he had. 'Why is he helping me?' 'Why am I doing this?' There was a long silents untill Shikon broke the silents between them.

"Ishtar?"

"yes?" he didn't look up at her afraid that she might slap him or something.

"W-why are you helping me?"she asked

He look up at her and had a straight face,"I don't know I guess I couldn't just leave you there....I guess..."

Shikon looked at him in suprise and was looking throw his pierceing eyes.'I never noticed how pretty his eyes were' she then noticed she was stareing at
him and looked away blushing,"I'm s-sorry..." Malik was just stareing at her.'Why can't I pull away?Is it because I.......' He shut his eyes tightly 'NO I don't!' Shikon
looked back at him in a afraid look and saw that Malik was closeing his eyes tightly.

"A-are you ok?"

He looked up at her and noticed he embrassed himself,"Um...er...yeah!"

"A-are you sure?"She asked like she was scared

"Yes i'm fine..." Then looked down at her hand and blushed.

Shikon looked down also and noticed that he was holding her hand and blushed. malik let go and saw he had blood driping on his hand. He watched the
blood fall to the ground. Shikon looked at her hand also and then looked at him stareing at his hand. "Am I? Am I bleeding?", he said like he was afriad. Shikon
stared at him and looked at the ground and saw some napkins and grabed one and moved closer to him. "Your not bleeding", she said grabing his hand lightly
and wipeing her blood off his hand. Malik watched her. 'Have I gone crazy?' Then he looked at the side of her face. "That should do it!" she looked at him stareing
at her.'Hey I'm suppose to be mad at her because I don't like her!' Then he looked at his hand that was now clean. "Uh thanks but this doesn't mean that I'm going
to be nice ok!", he said in a harsh voice.

"Oh well I still don't like you either!" puting her hands to her waist.

he turned to her,"Ha I can't believe you would be out here anyway!"

"What does that have to do with this!"

"I just wanted to start a confersation!"he grined

"No your not! Your starting a arguement! I better just go to the nurses to clean my hand up!"she started packing her stuff and got up to leave

Malik grabed her hand and pulled her down."Your not going anywhere!"

''Ow! That hurt you know! And why am I not going anywhere!"

He grabed her hand and looked at it noticeing that her whole hand was covered with blood and started wipeing all the blood but the blood dried already.
"Damn it dried already!" Shikon just looked at him angrily and then looked away."Come on there's a faset over there..." malik watched her and waited for her to
answer or get up.

"What are you waiting for!"

"I'm not going!"

"quit being stubborn and come on!"

"No! I could just go to the nurses!"

"Don't make me do this!"

"Ha like you can move me from this spot I'm staying right here!"

"That's it!"Then Malik picked her up.

"What do you think your doing!"

"If your not going to move I'm moveing you myself!"

"Why are you even helping me!" she screamed at him

He didn't know what to say.'Why am I helping her anyway?' he just started walking towards the faset."Hey I asked you a question!" He still stayed
quiet because he was afraid what he might say. Shikon just gave up and remained silent in his arms.'There's no use talking to him when he can't answer a
question he can't answer a question' She sighed untill he put her down on the floor next to the faset. he looked at her and said,"This might sting so just hold
on" She just looked at him and said,"I know it might sting but I'm use to it...." she sighed and gave him her right bloody red hand. He took it and turned on the
faset washing her hand silently. There was anthor long silents for awhile. Till malik turned off the faset and untied his cloth around his head letting his bangs
fall infront of his eyes and he looked at shikon. She tried to hide her blushing.'Oh god Malik loo...Nani? did I just say "malik"? No Ishtar that's better he looks
actually cute with his bangs that is....What am I saying! He's my acrh enemy! but what is this feeling?' She sighed and he wraped his cloth around Shikon's
hand to stop the blood from rushing more and to keep grems out. "There that should do it........I better be going bookworm", he said helping Shikon up. She
looked at him with a straight face and then frowned and slaped him.he rubbed his cheek.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!"

She frowned "I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME BOOKWORM ANYMORE!"

"MAN YOUR SO SENSITIVE!"

"TAKE THAT BACK I'M NOT SENSITIVE I JUST DON'T LIKE YOU CALLING ME BOOKWORM!"

"Man we have to quit argueing my ears are hurting"

She got mad and slaped him again and started walking back to where her bag was

"WHAT!?"rubbing his cheek again that was now red.

'What's her problem? I just helped her and she slaps me' He chased after her "What did I do come on Shikon what did I do!" She stoped and turned
around to look at him but not mad. "did you just call me Shikon?" she wispered. Malik just noticed what he just said and panicked. "I...um...er...no...I...no you
didn't I meant to call you bookworm!", he said in relief. She just shook her head and turned around to walk again.'he's such a jerk!' She picked up her bag and
walked inside. "Oh god I need to work on my manners better get back to the roof and finish. Then he climbed the drain pipe and got up on the roof and finished
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Shikon was walking through the halls really fast and looking down at the ground really mad.'I can't believe he wouldn't lieve me alone! He was being really
sweet at first but then he starts a arguement in the end!' She walked pass some girls talking about boys. She put in a locker combination in a locker a few ways
away from the girls. She was listening and puting stuff in her locker. "Oh my god malik is so hot!", said the first girl. "Yes he is but I still love Bakura!", said the
second girl. "But Malik is one of the coolest and not to say Hottest! bad boys around this school he is off the easy!",said the thrid girl. They giggled and talked
more about Malik and Shikon got really angry and shoved one last book in her locker and found her glasses and put them on. "I can't believe girls!",she wispered
makeing sure that the girls wouldn't hear her. She took out her brush and brushed her hair before putting it in a chinese fan.(A.N.:if you had the oragami hair set
you would know but you take the top half of your hair and put it in a donut bun and then with the rest of your hair you put it up and stick the ends into the bottom
of the bun and you hair would look really pretty) Then she picked up her backpack and closed her locker. She adjusted her black framed glasses on her nose and
then started walking to class."There at least I can be angry in style these glasses make me look more scientific",she wispered to her self.She wasn't looking where
she was going and she bumped into someone."Oh!",she said adjusting her glasses that slanted and put them on right and looked up to see 2 familar faces.The blonde
head boy was holding on the the side of her arms and the brown hair boys was right next to him. "hey Shikon!",said the blonde head. She smiled and said,"Oh hello
Joey, and Tristan what brings you here in the halls?"Tristan smiled and said,"Well we were looking for you and well we found you right....""Yeah and we were going
to ask you to met us at the library after school because we need help for a test...", said the grining blonde. Shikon smiled and said,"Oh is that all? ok I'll met you
guys after school in the library since it's friday and well my parents are on vacation for a month so yeah but can I ask you one thing joey?"Joey blushed,"Anything...
I mean yeah!""Can you let go of me now?"said shikon holding her hands to her chest.Joey flushed a bright red and let go."I-I'm sorry", he said embrassingly. Shikon
giggled and gave Joey a kiss on the cheek and then walked to Tristan and gave him a kiss as well and winked."I'll see you 2 after school ok bye!",she waved and ran
off to class.Joey held his cheek where Shikon kissed him."Shikon is one hot babe I can't pass down but to bad she's taken",Said joey in a sad way. tristan just nodded.

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Shikon walked in to class and sat in the corner.'I wonder what the 2 are up to anyway?' She was just looking out the window in her science class wondering
what to do on the weekend.'hmmm.....maybe I'll go out on saturday and have fun on the beach or maybe I'll go to the mall to get a new book to read or maybe I'll go
to the library' She sighed and taped a pencil on the table. "Hey bookworm!",said someone next to her. Then she stoped stoped tapeing and she turned to who it was.
"i thought I tol....huh?!",she was suprised that it wasn't Malik and instead she found a boy she didn't know sitting next to her."I'm sorry I didn't know you hated that
name..."he said.Shikon just shook her head and said,"um...er....no...it's okay I just thought you were someone else I'm sorry it's my fault....." Shikon looked away
from him and looked down at the table with her hands in her lap blushing.'I'm so stupid I really thought it was Malik...damn I said his name again!' The boy smiled
and held his hand out and put it on her left cheek and he pushed her face to look at him.He smiled at her and said,"my name is Kimaza Koinu what's your name?"
Shikon looked in his eyes,blushed, and smiled at him saying,"My name is Shikon Jewel" and she put her hand on his and closed her eyes."I'm a new student here
and well you know,"he said.Shikon opened her eyes and looked into his eyes and said,"I've noticed." Malik was watching Shikon closely and he looked like he was
going to break something or should I say someone."I was instantly falling in love that day kimaza seemed so sweet and I started to like him that but for Malik ha he
just look like he could break someones neck" Malik sat there watching them angrily.'Why do I feel this way?...I'm not suppose to feel this way how can I feel this way
I just can't!' he then turned back around and looked at the science table and banged his fist once on the table but he did it quietly makeing sure nobody heard him.
"I am going to kill bookworm",he wispered. Then the bell rang and everybody sat down and waited for the teacher.Shikon pulled away from her day dreaming and
looked in her bag for her notebook."Where is my freakin notebook I can't miss out on notes",she said getting concerned. Kimaza just giggled and put his arms on
the table waiting for the teacher."Hey Jewel-san?",he looked at her at the corner of his eye to look at her. Shikon was still looking in her bag,"Yes Kimaza? God where
is my notebook!""I was wondering if...."he was interuped by someone."Hey Shikon-chan looking for this?",said a boy that sounded familar. Shikon looked up and saw
Joey holding her notebook waveing it in the air."Joey! Give me that I need that!",Shikon said getting up from her chair and going over to Joey.

"No Shikon" he waved the notebook in the air when She tried to get it

"Joey! give it back!" the class was laughing by now and shikon jumped to get her notebook

Joey grined."Hehe come on this is to much fun"

"Joey!" Then she jumped up and was now up againist him trying to get her notebook

"Were getting a little close aren't we?" he grined more and blushed and the whole class laughed more

Shikon moved away from him and blushed."Joey! That is so not right! give it back or I won't help..."

Joey covered her mouth and wispered."ok I'll give it back just don't tell anyone that we need help!"

Shikon nodded and he gave back her notebook and they both sat down.'I knew they were up to something!'Shikon was stareing at the notebook she had
on the table and then took out a pen. The teacher walked in just as everybody clamed down.'Oh man I'll have to tell her after class' "sorry I'm late I just got into a
confersation with anthor teacher, ok class we are going to be pareing new partners for the rest of this semester like I promised we'll start off here: Tea and Kaiba,
Yugi and Kimaza, Joey and Isis,Tristan and Miho, Shikon and Malik...."Shikon was about to faint.'What! no please let this be a dream let this be a dream!' She
pinced herself."Ow...",She wispered.'ok this isn't a dream I'm dead' She looked over where Malik sat and saw he was stareing at her and grining evily. She gulped.
'ok I'm going to fail this semester no I can't I just can't!That'll go down in my personal record! and I'm a straight "A" student! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!' She put her head
on her right arm and looked out the window when she noticed the cloth around her hand.'Ishtar "My" partner no me and him do not mix! but he was nice to me even
if he didn't want to' "ok class that should be all the pareings now get up and find your partner and sit somewhere and that'll be your new seat for the rest of the
semester",said the teacher clamly. Everybody got up and started to find there partners.For shikon it wasn't hard but when she got up and took her things and took
the notebook in her left hand. She looked for Malik but couldn't find him.'Where did that stupid bastard get to?!' Then she walked around to look for him and she
stoped."Ishtar where are you?"she wispered to herself.Then someone grabed her right hand."Ow!" She was then spined around like a ballerina and she fell backwards
on to someones arm. She looked up and blushed to see Malik looking down at her with his bangs almost touching her forehead. Shikon then heard claping from the
class and she looked at the class claping at thier performance."Oh my jewel-san and ishtar-san you 2 make great dancers and even partners."the teacher claped.
Malik noticed and decided to have a little more fun so he held Shikon's hand again.She looked at Malik 'oh no here we go again guess I'll play along' Then she threw
her notebook on the ground and Malik gave her a grin and then he pulled her up and she spined across the floor and Malik grabed her hand and pulled her to him and
she was up aganist him with one hand on his shoulder and the other hand was aganist his hand and he had his other hand on her waist. There foreheads were 5
cenimeters away about to touch.Shikon saw his pierceing eyes again and she saw Malik still grining at her. The class was claping even more. "That was a fablous
performance you 2 but we have to get to work now so everybody find a seat.", She said sitting back at her desk looking for todays work.Everybody headed for there
seats. Shikon finally pulled away from his pierceing eyes that took her breath away and she went over to pick up her notebook. When she got back up and turned
around to look at Malik she adjusted her glasses and said,"That was a nice dance." Shikon noticed malik never said a word when they started danceing. Malik just
stared at her still haveing that grin on his face.

"it was nothing you weren't half bad"

she grided her teeth again"oh you make me so mad! when ever you do something nice or good you make me mad all over again!"

"Well I can't help it bookworm....it's my nature"

"I told you not to call me..." she was cut off when malik turned around and walked to a table in the back next to the window.

"grrrrrr he makes me so pest!", she groaned to herself. Then she walked over to the table and put her notebook down and she sat down on the right side of
him. She just saw Malik stareing out the window so she just opened her notebook and listened to the teacher and took notes.When the bell rang for the end of class
she got up and was going to walk out when Malik grabed her wrist. She turned around and looked at him."What do you want?"is all she could say.He didn't answer
and just stared into her eyes.'Her eyes they are pretty no there not just pretty there beautiful' 'His eyes they look diffreant they look dark and serious' They were
interuped by someone."Hey Jewel-kun!"someone called. Shikon pulled away from the gaze of Malik's eyes and saw Kimaza walking toward her. Malik grided his teeth
'him again!Can't he just leave like now!' "Kimaza-chan!",she said happily and her hand was released from the grip of Malik.

"I still need to ask you somethinig jewel-san"

"just call me Shikon and what is it?"

"right hehe shikon......I want to know well if you would um..er..."he blushed and looked down at the ground

"yes?"she smiled

"er...I was wondering if you would like to go er....to the...beach...on er....t-tomorrow?"

she smiled"I love to!"

"really?!Er I mean...I'll pick you up at your house?"

"yeah sure....I got to go"Then Shikon left waveing at both boys

Kimaza left and malik was left there sitting and he finally moved and walked out the door. Before he could run to the next class Joey came up to him.
"Hey Ishtar! Some nice moves you had back there!" "I agree!",said tristan."I need to go to class ok....?"Malik said in a groan."Woo hold up we want to ask you
something." He grined."What is it make it quick I need to get to class..."He groaned."well can you met us after school in the library today?"Joey smiled."yeah
what ever ok I'll be there bye!"He stomped off."yes we did it!"both the boys said together doing a high five.

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Shikon sat in her last class stareing out the window not paying attention because she new how to do the work already. She looked out at the cherryblossom
trees around the school.'I wish I was free like that' She watched the flower petals fly in the wind."Ms. jewel! can you do this problem for us!",the teacher said. Shikon
just looked at the board and went up to do the problem."subtract this and add that and mulitple and the answer is 27",she wispered to herself and walked back to her
seat and sat looking out the window again."My my for a person who doesn't pay attention you still get the answer right", He said looking at the board. A couple of
people chuckled but Shikon didn't care if she got a praise she just wanted to get out and have a relaxing weekend. Malik who sat 2 seats behind her in the next row
watched her.'I know I hate her I hate her very much! I hate Shikon! I ha....' He looked on his desk.'did I just say.....Shikon?....Why am I even calling her that! Jewel
ok....wait no! I meant Bookworm' he looked up at her again.'Why am I even calling her straight names? I Hate her! and I know it !' He then looked at the board. 'I hope
I have a good time with kimaza...I really hope I do.....but do I really love him?....no I can't I know I he's not the one..but who is it? Can it be.....kaiba?...no he's not...
then is it joey? nope he got mai....tristan?'she looked down at her desk and shook her head'no I think he has that one girl.....what about bakura?He seems perfect
but i just have the feeling that he's not right for me.......hmm.....what about...yugi?No I think he rather go out with Serenity. hmm...that's all my friends....' then she put
her hand under the edge of her chin and held up her head looking at the celling.'but...I know I'm not interested in much.' Then she looked down at her right hand laying
limp on top of the smooth brown desk.'there is always......NO! No way me and him do not make a good couple! I know I will never love him!' then the bell rang and she
started to pack her things."Oh I almost forgot I have to met the two guys in the library." she said packing her notebook and running out.'Where is she going in such a
hurry?'As he watched her run out."Speaking of going somewhere Joey and Tristan want to see me in the library." so he walked out of class and headed to the library.

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Shikon was walking through the lanes of books looking for something to read."I guess I'll just read something why I wait for those 2 idiots." She pulled out
a book and opened it and read the first page.'once upon a time there were 2 people who hated each other badly so they did evil things to each other...hmmm sounds
like a good book....' So she started to read and walk down the lane at the same time. Malik walked into the library and saw that there was nobody here even the
librarian.Malik stood next to a table in the middle of the room and looked around."hmm....where are those two bakas?",he said puting his hands in his pockets.
Shikon walked out the lane and stoped to read the next page.

"NANI!?!?!?!?!?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!"

Shikon looked up,"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH what do you mean what am I doing here! What are you doing here!"

"Fine! the two bakas wanted to show me something ok!"

she shut the book"You mean Joey and Tristan?"

"yes Joey and Tristan!"

"Ite...you didn't have to scream at me I didn't do anything....but I'm suppose to met them here anyway they said something about studying for the next test...."

"ha! Them Study?! give me a break they can't study for "Che"!" (A.N. my friend Kat-chan told me it is something about level of swearing as "shit")

"ISHTAR!"

"WHAT?!"

"and they can to!"

"prove it!"

she frowned"Ok fine I can't prove it but still if they weren't lazy bakas I would be getting them to study like they never studied before!"

"maybe your right......"

"I should choke you f....nani? did you just say I was......right?"

"Hai"

"Arigatou then...."

They looked at each other and looked away. "I guess this is what those 2 bakas wanted to show me.....",said Malik. Shikon looked back up at him and
frowned,"I guess this means we were set up then huh?" Malik looked up at her,nodded, and said,"Yeah we better go now then......" Shikon nodded and put the
book down on the table.'I think there's more to this set up then just this.....I don't think Shikon knows about it though' When Shikon set the book down she ran to
malik's side and walked with him out but before they could even turn around the door slamed loudly behind them and Shikon jumped.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

"um....Jewel?"

"I'm scared Malik!"

"er...jewel..."

Shikon opened her eyes and found herself in Malik's arms holding his shirt tightly and jumped back from him blushing."G-gomen Malik",she said looking
away from him.

".....Daijobou desu jewel-san but....did I hear you say Malik?"

she loked up at him"No I didn't I meant Ishtar!but hey did I hear you call me jewel-san?"

"No I meant bookworm but I guess it's ok to call you jewel-san once in awhile"

"You know you need to stop makeing me mad!"

"Make me!"

"grrrrrrrrrrr"

Then Shikon ran at Malik but malik moved out of the way and shikon started falling so she closed her eyes."aaaaaahhhhhh" but she didn't hit the ground
she stoped in mid air. So she opened her eyes and saw that she was looking straight at the ground and then looked behind her to see Malik's eyes again. She
didn't know but Malik caught her."Arigatou Ishtar-san..."she said."no problem...",he said helping her up. They both forgot about the door slaming behind them for
only awhile. After she got up she heard Malik scream.

"What?! Huh?! what happened!?"

"I forgot the door!"

To be continue.........

Shikon: He he please review tell me what you think about it!

Malik:I thought it was stupid....

Shikon:Tojikomeru malik-san! Wait till the next one ok! I'll put the next one up if I have at least 5 reviews from 5 diffreant people!

Malik:I know I'm not going to put in my review.

Shikon:*Starts to choke him* I thought I told you to Tojikomeru! Bye now!