Ring: All I can say is… I'M SOOO SORRY THAT THIS CHAPTER TOOK SO LONG!!!! AND IT'S SHORT TOO!!!XPXPXPXPXPXPX NOOOO!!! PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME!!! Well… there's a personal reason to this… but I can't really tell it since it's- personal- *hint* so there… please don't kill me- and I'll get the nest chapter done REAL SOON (And when I do- it'll almost certainly be sort ones except this way- the advantage is that I can update faster-)!!!!!! I PROMISE!! IF I DON'T THEN FLAME ME!!!XP
Iura:*shook head* gee…
Yugi:* did the same and sigh* hopeless…
Yami: *did the same* agree…
Ring: Hey!!
*translation's at the botton- again- I'M SOOO SORRY!!!!
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Chapter Six_ Seekers
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'Grrr! Bakamono_no_pharaoh! Curse him-! Grrr- No! Bakura… don't lose your cool now! Right! Just because that Baka no pharaoh threw a dodge ball higher than you- it doesn't mean that he's tougher! Ne? Oh- FINE! Higher, and harder… but still! He's good at dodge ball, doesn't mean that he can do better in other things! YOU'R THE KING OF THEIVES!!! BAKURA!!! So there! Smile! Don't loose your cool! Yeah~ THAT'S RIGHT! Hot guy! You're the coolest! Who's the man? YOU ARE!!! Damn that Baka_no_pharaoh!'
Ryou's wide, round eyes looked from his other half, to Kaiba who's walking beside him, then back to his dark. "Er… Kaiba-kun? What's with my yami?" he whispered.
"Probably a cold… " Seto replied in his low tone with a bored look.
"Oh…really?"
"Uh-huh- he's been like that the whole afternoon."
"Uh, sooga…? I never notice…" Ryou's eyes went straight and pretended to buy the answer. "Interesting."
"Indeed-"
Ryou hadn't any intentions to break up his yami's contemplations, nor did Kaiba who didn't care less, leaving Bakura cracking in his own shoes. That tomb-robber no BAKA doesn't do such a thing often, you know- Laughing like that and notably to himself? The news was that after the second the pharaoh first showed up in class- EVERYTHING changed.
Bakura was then no longer the coolest -
the evilest-
the hottest-
the toughest-
the GREATEST ancient Egyptian spirit any longer- (that is, what he personally assumed)
Without anyone to stop him, the yami no Tomb_robber then began snaring at the people who only walked passed him, which were mainly girls who totally ignored him, yet their eyes still stealing a look towards the direction where the yami no Pharaoh was. Yes, indeed, the Tomb-robber was no longer the major interest attracter, to any further extent.
'Bunch of bakayaros! WHAT IS SO DAMN GOOD ABOUT THAT PHARAOH ANYWAYS!?!? HUH??HUH????' Bakura barked as loud as he could mentally in his mind. 'THAT GOOD_FOR_NOTHING_FOOL!!!'
Hearing his complains, his hikari thought to encourage him with a touch of try.
/Come on yami! You know you're always the best at baseball!/
//Quiet Ryou! That's another story!//
The hiraki sighed lightly at his failure, but did as told… having used to being commended and bossed around.
And of course, Yami was unnoticed to Bakura's mental protests. The pharaoh's laugh was the loudest as they walked further down the school's hallway, as if nothing ever DID happen before. The group, Yami, Yugi, Jounouchi, Hunda, Anzu, Duke, Ryou, and his yami were all obviously on their way to their last class of the day- chemistry. Since the "disaster" that happened in Gym, this particular class was let off early, quite early.
'Was he ever sick or what?' Yugi thought darkly, glaring at the back of Yami who fooled about with Jou and Hunda. 'Gee- he sure heals fast… just look at him!' The hikari wasn't really happy about what he was seeing.- 'He's acting too hyper!! And that's supposed to be normal for a patient? NOT to mention he never became one!!'
Yugi couldn't help the worries he yet has for Yami, because after that uncalled faint during Gym, he's been careless to notice anything else around them except the pharaoh. For a strange reason, the little one felt like the same will happen again (A/N: and maybe he was right). After all it wasn't typical for something like this to happen to the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle. Maybe if Yami had some more rest, then he would be less alert than he was at the moment, but no! King_Yami_did_not_want_the_BED!
"Yugi? Dai jo buka? You don't look too… bight?" Anzu asked unsurely. Pondering if she should ask the question AT-ALL.
"Huh? Oh- no- Nothing-! Nothing's wrong Anzu…"
Yugi's face glowed darker, he was planning threateningly in his head if he should hammer the pharaoh and drag him back to the nursing center- ' This way, he might actually finally settle down to sleep!'
"O…k…" She blinked. 'Maybe I should stay out of this one.'
Yami, however, was sensing fairly well of THAT_particular sense of 'atmosphere' from behind, specifically from his aibou. 'Smile… keep cool… and don't_look_back!' ' The king of games sweatdropped, he's legs as stiffer at every step - 'Your aibou's quite_dangerous_right now. Look back and you can be history! So DON'T! Cuz' even the glares can kill you… well- again!' Realizing the fact that he was already dead.
"Hey Yami…? Is it just me- or Yugi's not the usual_Yugi right now? " Jou whispered.
"Yeah… And it feels kinn-da cold… don't you think?" Hunda did the same.
"Jounouchi-kun? Hunda-kun? Let's just keep_walking… Ne? Smile! Ne??"
"Er… right! Let's do that…" Both of the other boys agreed.
The bright afternoon sun was friendly; it was a perfect day of the heavens though a little cold…
'I… have to light up! For Yugi's sake…there's no reason for Aibou to feel sorry of me now…! I meant- what for? He has no idea…' The pharaoh though weakly in his mind.
*
The bell ringed and everyone prepared to leave. Their teacher announced about their homework for the night by the board, which didn't matter much, barely anyone was listening- Malik had finished his in class, and Ishtar (A/N: Malik's yami) never planed to do his anyways. He never did.
"Wait! Malik-kun! Are you sure you don't want me to show you around the school? I mean- you and your brother's new to Domino High- so… I though-" The shy, pink hair girl trailed, blinking nervously when the Egyptian boy cut her sentence by placing a hand in her face.
"It's alright! Arigato- Kiwi-chen… We can explore the school ourselves." Malik turned away to his yami, "Ready? Done packing?" He asked.
Coldly, his yami smirked back at him.
//You don't have to worry… aibou- asides my ass I didn't bring anything today. NO hand knifes, NO nothing!// Ishtar replied through their links.
/…I hope so…/ the hikari shot back a look of disbelieve.
To his response, the dark gave another crackle, amusingly to himself.
//Try me-// He challenged.
Kiwi watched nervously as the two boys shot each other their hint-like eyes. 'I wonder if that's their way of giving signals…' she thought, not knowing anything about what_really was going on.
She was trying her hardest NOT to blush_anymore at the face of her new classmate, Malik, and which the other figure of his 'big- brother' was totally invisible in her eyes. (Someone's in love…) The girl was absolutely brainless before a second or two passed, when she finally thought of another topic to start with, to make sure the Egyptian boy doesn't leave yet.
"Humm… what about the rules? Do you need anyone to explain the rules to you?" she asked nervously yet again, breaking Malik and his partner's mental arguments.
Malik turned and blinked at her, then choked for the slow reaction- "Oh-! Uh that… it's o-k! I'll learn them eventually…" He tried to smile, but when he did he preferred not to, because he knew he did-not-look-good.
Ishtar sneered deeper at the sight, seeing the unusual sense his other half was making. He shook his head before he could- harass Malik as usual, //Don't tell me you're loosing it now- at this brat? JUST tell her that she's annoying and GET LOST!! Stop wasting time! Bakamono!//
"I can't do that! Sis said I need to be nice in school!" Malik hissed back, but he was still noticed. The girl tilted her head and looked at him now in odd eyes. "N-no! I wasn't referring to you…"He shot a nasty look at his yami, who's smirk crossed wider on his face.
//Yeah yeah… "Because O-ne-sama said that so I do"- Darn aibou! Grow up! You make a yami look at himself with shame of having SUCH a BABY for hikari! Darn! No wonder you're such a BAKAMONO!!//
/URUSEI!!!! BAKAYARO!!
Ishtar's said nothing more as he was commended- but the smirk on his face only crossed wider when he rotated to the other way, glancing over his shoulder at his light with mockery gaze, while Malik quickly whirled around to face the bothersome girl-
"Sorry… BUT we really should be on our way-"
"Hum… ok… Oh!" Kiwi's voice trailed in disappointment, then suddenly raised again with excitement for a change. "Do you know where your next class is?? I can take you-"
"NO!! No! Thank you Kiwi-chen, for your generosity but I know where to go! Thanks again!" Malik broke in quickly; and with that said- he grabbed his yami by the arm and paced for the door, dragging Ishtar along with him as fast as he could- and bumping into desks on his way.
//I-deii i-deii! Darn you! Pull lighter// Ishtar barked mentally, while Malik hadn't the time to pay attention to his dark. The boys bumped into another desk before they finally reach the door.
"Anytime! Just call me if you need any help later on! OR ANYTHING AT ALL!!" she harked back loudly, though the boys were already gone from her view. Then with disappointments- she was on her way to her next class.
Pushing away the crowds rudely because Malik and his yami now need to hurry due to the lag, they gained a lot of protests from the figures they upset. But their next class wasn't what they were nervous of actually, there was something else more important that's waiting, or should it be- someone?
"Yeah- now you're running for it! Darn it! Malik! If you finish your business earlier we won't have this BIG of a crowd!!" Ishtar scolded angrily as he followed closely behind this light, then he shoved yet another boy to the ground who just got in his way. The Yami looked back only to have hysterics at a miserable face of the pitiable infant (everyone's an infant in his eyes.)
"Stop doing that or I'll seal you back to the shadow realm!! We're not here to cause trouble you UNDERSTAND!?!?" Malik yelled back- and he meant business. /AND DON'T TRY TO COMMEND ME!/ He too- pushed a figure out of his way- except more "gently" (or less). Seeing this, Ishtar could help but chuckled at what the light had learned from him- 'look who's talking?'
// Whatever- Now quickly Malik! You don't want "him" to wait long-//
*
"Hey! Yami! Yugi! Where're ya' goin'? Classroom's this way!!" Jounouchi called at the other side of the crossed path, which was now overfilled with rushing scholars. By now, they've wasted quite a bit too much time due to the unnecessary walk, which they now were late again- "Bell rang already! And we're ganna be late!"
"Yami…?" Yugi blinked nervously by side of the pharaoh, who had suddenly paused, causing his light to bump into him.
Yugi, however, have finally managed to let Yami go, under one obvious condition, that is. "If I see anything different, anything unpleasant happening to you again! Don't mind if I do what I'll be suppose to do! And that includes hammering if it's necessary! That is- if you don't cooperate I will DO THAT!" Though a rough condition- yet that to Yami, was just_fine-
Yami's look darked when he came to the opposite path, and into the opposite crowds of where Jounouchi was. His light watched uncertainly, knowing something wasn't right. "Is… something wrong? We sould go-" Yugi asked before he was broke off by Yami's mental reply, //Yugi… you've never told me that "he" is here in this school too-// The pharaoh said darkly through their connections, causing the little one to become aware of more at his yami's unpleasant mode, but it also something Yugi knew he could 'hammed' about /Huh? Nani? "He"?/ he rose an eyebrow while he talked.
"Never mind aibou… hum… can you please go to class with the others without me now? I uh… have just remembered that there's something important I need to deal with, and so I guess I'll have to be absent for this last class of the day…"
"Nani? Now?"
"Yes… I maybe back shortly… but… I'm not sure- maybe, it depends…"
"Depends? Depends on what? Yami! This is your first day of school! And your skipping class already??" Yugi paused as he remembered that this was actually the second time- of skipping class. 'O-k! Maybe the first time in Drama class doesn't count!' He reassumed as he also thought about how short it they've skipped that class.
"And Yami… you're still weak! I'm worry…" He mumbled, and he was as he said- worried, even his expression was enough to prove that.
At this, the pharaoh turned to look at his hikari, and eyes finally softened as he smiled into the innocent face of his light. "I'll be fine! Aibou…" The bigger boy promised. The pharaoh patted the little one's head, confidence to show he truly was as he said- fine. "Thank you for revealing what your heart thinks to me… but I'll be fine- really! I mean- what harm is there in this school? Well… er…yeah! If you count having Bakura in Domino High one of them, which that I'd approve on! Seriously!"
He joked and was satisfied when Yugi giggled.
"Oh-stop it Yami! That's not nice!" Yugi blushed softly about the first thing Yami said- And indeed, Bakura truly WAS- the most dangerous being on earth that he's ever seen, well… after Maximillion Pegasus, and after Ishtar (the yami), and after- Fine! NOT the scariest being he's ever seen- but justly the most risky person in school, as far as he knew of. How's that?
"Yo! You two coming or what??"
Jou blew impatiently as he pushed away the crowds of rushing people. "HI-YAKU!!"
It wasn't until then when Yugi and Yami both realized that their friends were still waiting for them- happily_ waiting. Everyone except Anzu waited only with a positive and selfless reason. Apparently Anzu did not want to leave without the two boys she loved deadly, which both didn't love her back. And that WAS selfish.
Yugi took a look back at the group, and sighed when he turned to Yami "Wa-gada… you may go… and I don't think I'm going to ask you what that business of yours is… because, I have a feeling that you won't tell me again. But Yami! Please promise me now that you'll be careful! O-negaii… I really… don't want anything bad to happen to you again…"
Yami smiled, and nodded. "Arigato- aibou… for being so understanding…Boku-o shinjite, I promise I'll be alright!"
"Hon- to? Yakuso-ku?"
"Ah- Yakuso-ku-!" The pharaoh nodded yet again. Hearing this, Yugi smiled a slight, yet sweet smile at his dark.
With that, he turned and walked towards where his other friends were, he stopped to explain Yami's post to them, then one by one began with Anzu- walked away hunching. Well, the girl- however, was disappointed to leave one_particular person behind becuase she had no second choice, while the others waved at Yami before they depart, except more willingly.
Yugi, however, was needless to say the less positive person who wished to leave the pharaoh. He felt that same bitter sensation crossing in his heart again. No…not a minute, not even just for a second did he want to leave Yami behind. Yami was hurt! And he just GOT to be there for the dark! But Yami's determinations were vital to the pharaoh; therefore, they were important to Yugi as well. As much as he cherished Yami he would respect Yami's wishes like they were his own. Why though… he didn't know, he just did because he had always believe that Yami was his friend, and friends help, friends believe in each other, right? So there- that's his reason, only that and nothing more... right?
Thus despite the fact that he was still heavyhearted, Yugi did as Yami desired.
'Thank you… Aibou… now-' Yami observed carefully until he was sure his friends and hikari have disappeared from the corner. Then the same, vigilant eyes returned, glancing back at the path he had chosen to stay to. He was certain of what he was sensing corresponded to what he thought he did within the crowds. "He IS here… or shall I say- "they"-" Yami uttered to himself, his judgment narrowed at the search of those "figures" he desired.
"Ishtar Malik- where are you…?"
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Next chapter preview-
Malik, his yami, and Yami finally met up for just a talk? Or a battle between death?! Plus, Yugi finally finding out Yami's situation?!
Translation
Sooga (is that so)
Bakayaro (Darn you!/ You darn *swearword*)
Urusei! (Shut up/ quiet!)
I-deii i-deii! (Ouch ouch!)
Hi- yaku! (faster!)
Wa-gada (I see…)
O-negaii (please)
Boku-o shinjite (trust me)
Hon-to? (Really?)
Yakuso-ku? (Promise?)
Dai jo buka? (Are you all right?)
O-ne-sama (big sister)
PS: Ring: is it just me... or did this chapter get deleded from fanfiction.net? Cuz i've posting this for the third time!!