Hiya minna-san! Rini-chan again, as always, with a reviewer to respond to! Spiffy!
Tetsu: Arigatou! Heh...very good guesses, although you forgot Malik, but none are on the dot.
And that's all my reviews. :( BUT ON WITH THE STORY ANYWAY! ^_^
/.../ = hikari to yami
//...// = yami to hikari
(I don't think any part of this story will be told from a POV other the one the first chapter was in, but I'm putting this in JIC. Also, Bakura means Yami Bakura in this fic and Ryou means Bakura.)
Blood and Tears
Chapter 2
Apparently the other girls hadn't learned Tea's lesson from yesterday, because they were still trying to indoctrinate Kat into their various cliques.
"So, Kat, where are you from?" This was the fifth time she'd been asked this question.
"I already told you, southern Tasmania."
"Come on, Kat. That's the same answer you've been giving us, and we know it isn't true. I mean, really." The blonde leaned over on the table, causing Joey and Tristan to nearly swoon, Tea to glare and Yugi and Ryou to giggle. "You can tell us, we won't laugh at you."
Kat raised an eyebrow. "Fine. I'm from Bree, in northern Eriador."
"Really? I've never heard of Err-ee-aah-dorr...where is it? And who would name a town after a cheese...or was it the cheese named after the town?"
Kat stared at her. "Please tell me you've heard of Lord of the Rings."
"Lord of the Rings? I've heard of that, it's that movie by Peter Jackson, with the super-hot Orlando Bloom omigod he is *so* to die for-"
"Right." She dove back into her book.
"C'mon Kat, you don't like Orlando Bloom? I've heard some people think he's gay...but anyone that hot can simply not be gay, y'know?"
"Somehow I fail to see your logic on that topic, but we're all entitled to our little delusions."
"You're so weird, Kat, y'know that?" The blonde paused for a second, but only to choose another topic of chatter. "Where'd you get that scar on your hand? It looks kinda freaky. I mean, no offense or anything."
"I had an unfortunate encounter with a sewing machine when I was little," she said shortly.
"Wh- Oh, you accidently sewed your hand, you mean? Ouch!" The ditz winced in sympathy. "I accidently sewed my finger into the pillow I was making last year. It hurt so much, and they had to cut the pillow...it really sucked, I had to start all over and all, cuz of all the blood...the pillow turned out really pretty, it was a patchwork pillow with pink and purple patterns and-"
She continued to rattle on about her cute little pillow with cute little stitches and cute little pink and purple hearts for-bloody-ever.
"How does she do it?" Tristan asked.
"You mean Kat or the blond?" Yugi asked.
"Kat."
"It looks like she's mumbling to herself," Ryou observed.
Yami came out, looked at her...and sweatdropped. He turned. "She's mumbling 'Must restrain my inner axe murderer' over and over again." (A/N: I'm assuming for the sake of the moment that Yami knows how to read lips. It seems like the type of thing he would learn how to do.)
Everyone sweatdropped. Then they all burst out into quiet hysterics, drawing the attention of everyone in the class. The bell rang, and Kat almost ran out the door to her locker...only to be accosted by another girl, a brunette this time. The girl probably noticed her twitching, though, because all she said was a quick "Hi."
"We're meeting at the game shop today, right?" Joey asked Yugi.
"Yeah, I think Grandpa got a new shipment this morning."
"Cool. Seeya later." He split off to his locker.
"Later, Yugi."
"Seeya."
"Bye."
Yugi went to his locker, then started home. He was soon joined by Joey, Tristan and Tea, and they chattered about the upcoming Duel Monsters tournament and the new set of cards. When they walked in the door of the game shop, Grandpa was watching the news.
"More about this after these messages-"
"Hey, dat's Mai!" Joey exclaimed.
"You're right, Joey, and she looks terrible!" Yugi said.
"Yeah...she's so pale and all-" Tea cut off abruptly.
There was an uncomfortable silence. Then, "Yami says she's dead," Yugi said softly.
The silence stretched out. Everyone seemed at a loss for words. Then Yugi cleared his throat. "Are any of you hungry? I can get snacks-"
"Do you even need to ask, Yugi?" Tristan joked. "With Joey over here, you should know the answer!" But even this humor seemed unnaturally forced.
"Okay," Yugi said, rather weakly. "Holler when the news starts up again, please?" He went into the kitchen.
//This isn't good, Yugi,// Yami said worriedly. //Someone cast a Shadow spell last night. I couldn't tell what it was...I just assumed it was Bakura - which it may have been, but...//
/You're right, Yami. This definitely isn't good./
//I'm positive the spell had something to do with death, though, and it was most likely involved with Mai's death.//
/Do you think I should tell the rest of the gang?/
//No. We need something more concrete. But ask Ryou if he noticed his yami doing anything...odd last night.//
/Will do./ He hastily grabbed some chips and dip, and exited just as Tea yelled that the news was on again.
(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)
A few streets away, in another ordinary suburban house, someone sat watching the news.
The person grinned evilly to themself. The game is afoot...they will know, now. Now it is just a matter of time...
An evil laugh echoed softly through the first floor.
I think I'll end it there...please be nice and leave a review. *gets her drawing of Chibi Mai and Mokuba out* How can you say no to these peeps? ^_^;
Much later editor's note: Man, this chapter sucked. Major editing here. Not much else to say. Ja! Review!