A.N: *Dies* Ohmygod. I can't believe this. *Stares at the reviews* I seriously didn't think people would actually like this story! But you do! Yay! *Happy dance* I actually think I'm really bad at humor and sarcasm but I guess I'm not as bad as I thought ^^.
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MystikRaven - Tyson will never te-ll...^_~
Angel of Darkness - Yeah, I am evil. =P
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White-Nyako-Tenshi - Yeah, I did make him a bit of a smartass. He was originally planned out to be calm but he didn't turn out that way. O.O;
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Rank and File
Chapter Three
By Firefly-chan
Oh thy bell? Where art thou? Why won't thy signal school to be over?
I stared at the clock. The damned clock that read 3:06. Why did time seem to be going backwards? I swear that the little minute hand keeps twitching backwards! I think the school is conspiring a plan to make up stay here longer or something. Those evil, evil, evil people. I should sue their asses. THEN they'd be sorry for screwing with the clock. Ha! And they thought they could get past me...
I glanced back up to the front of the class. The teacher was saying something; I can't really make out anything other then the words "blah blah blah blah blah". I thought they were supposed to be TEACHING in here? No wonder they don't get paid very much. Teaching us students how to be even stupider. I'll sue their asses too. In fact, while I'm suing the school and staff, I think I'll sue my parents for even bringing me to this stupid city. I was just peachy back in Sendai. But do they care? Nooooooo. Of course not. Damned parents.
I practically fell out of my chair, gripping at the top of the desk when I heard the bell go off. Er, well, that passed kind of fast. I guess it does when you're thinking rather then...not thinking. I blinked, a slow grin forming on my lips, gathering my books into my arms and heading out of the classroom stuck in the middle of a group of other students. Rolling my eyes, I pushed them, starting to my locker. When I reached it, though, I remembered that I wasn't exactly free yet. I still had to meet Kai after school.
I scowled, pulling open the padlock to my locker and swinging the long, thin metal door open. I didn't exactly *have* to meet him. I could just leave the school without doing so but then I figured he'd probably track me down and kick my ass. He just seemed like the type that would do that. Geh, now I'm probably sounding all stereotype-ish, huh? Hrm. Oh well. I don't really care...not my problem if people get offended with me or of what comes out of my mouth.
After I had put all my things into my locker and taken out the books I'd need to finish my homework, I began to realize that Max hadn't shown up at his locker yet. I blinked again before shrugging and shutting my locker again, shifting my bookbag over my shoulder and started down the hall. Pushing past the crowd of students, I managed my way outside into the cool air. I took in a deep breath, lifting my head to the sky. Yeah! Freedom!
I practically skipped down the stone steps, turning the corner and about to head off to my house when I felt a firm hand wrap around my upper arm and yank me backwards. I yelped, almost falling to the ground. I partially twisted around and saw that it was Kai who was dragging me off to the back of the school. I rolled my eyes, trying to yank my arm from his grip but noted that he was stronger then me. Damnit. I'm so scrawny.
"Hey, Kai, man." I started carefully. "I can walk. You don't need to drag me."
He didn't make any reply. Joy. I'm not good enough to be answered by o-master-of-thy-universe. I wonder if I should get on my knees or something?
"What's your deal?" I grumbled when he finally released me, rubbing at my sore arm. "I wasn't going to leave." I rolled my eyes impatiently when he didn't answer me...again. "Okay, look, I have things to do. What exactly is it you wanted to talk to me about?"
He eyed me warily, folding his arms across his chest. "I'm just going to tell you this once more." He flicked a piece of hair from his eyes. "You really shouldn't hang out with Max and his group. You're not the type from what I've seen so far."
"So? Do you want me to hang out with *you* or something?" I sneered, turning my back to him. "Max told me that you guys would only cause me trouble and you know what?" I shot him a withered glance over my shoulder. "I think he's right."
'Wait, Tyson, wait.' One of those tiny little annoying voices in the back of my head said. 'You can use this to your advantage, you idiot!'
"I'm just telling you this for your own good." Kai said lightly, edgily. "It's your choice whether you want to be an outcast to the whole school." I heard him turn to leave, feet scuffling against the gravel ground.
"Wait!" I spun around, holding a hand out as if trying to stop him . He stopped at the sound of my voice and I continued, "If I hang out with you I won't be an outcast?"
He snorted, shaking his head. "No, you won't."
I hesitated, as if thinking this over. Meheh, although I already knew my answer. If I pretended to be one of Kai's group then I could annoy him MUCH more easily. Oh, what fun I'll have. After a few silent moments I spoke again, "Okay. Fine."
He turned around, a light smirk playing his lips. Oh, ignorant Kai, by the time I finished with you you're going to be wishing you never even offered friendship to me. Hrm, sometimes I wonder if I'm too evil for my own good. But then again, when I'm evil I'm sexy. Well, I was already sexy to begin with but now I'm even sexier because of my evilness! Muahahahaha!
Yes, Kai. We'll have a lovely time together.
***
(The next day: after school)
"Now where are we going?" I asked with a small sigh, following behind Kai, shifting my bookbag to my other shoulder. I can't believe I'm doing this. Annoying Kai can't be worth being dragged around everywhere, can it? ...Heh. Hell yeah it can.
"To my garage."
I blinked. To. His. GARAGE? What the hell...geh, well, whatever. So what're we going to do there, Kai? Sort paint cans? Yeah, what fun that'll be. I sigh, shaking my head. "How far away do you live? I don't like walking." I whined, noting my bookbag was getting particularly heavy.
I could almost sense him rolling his eyes. "It's only a few blocks away."
"A few blocks away?!" I almost screamed. "Gah! That's...long!"
He shot me the funniest look over his shoulder. "..." He paused. "What do you want me to do about it? Carry you?"
I snorted, folding my arms over my chest again. "I'd like to see you try."
He stopped then, standing where he was for a second before turning around, catching my gaze with his. "Is that a dare?"
"It's whatever you want it to be."
He just stood there, eyeing me for a few moments before shrugging, and dropping his book bag to the ground. Before I could even gather what he was going to do, he slid an arm around my waist and the other under my legs and hauling me up as if I weighed nothing. I let out a squeak of surprise, squirming around in his grasp. But he obviously wasn't done moving me because instead of holding me he swung me over my shoulder. Geh. Blood rushing to head! Not good!
"Kai! What're you doing!" I yelped as he kneeled down to pick up his bag again. "Put me down!"
"And risk you fainting?" He wrinkled his nose in distaste. "Nah. I'd rather have you conscious."
"What if..." I ran my tongue nervously over my lips, racking desperately through my mind for some sort of reason for him to release me. "What if someone sees us?"
"So?" Came the blunt response.
Damnit. That didn't work. Obviously the mocha-I-can-carry-anyone-that-I-please man didn't give a damn. Search, Tyson! Search for another reason! Bad time to draw a blank, you stupid mind! Work, damn you! WORK!
"I'm too heavy." I said, squirming around some more.
"You're fine."
"Damnit, Kai! Just let me down!" I all but yelled, pressing the palms of my hands against his back. I swear to god he's going to drop me...
"No."
...
Stubborn bastard.
"Fine." I snapped, pouting slightly. "Y'know it IS my body that you arm carrying. Not yours. MINE. Let me walk myself."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because it was a dare."
"No, it wasn't." I shook my head. "I precisely said 'it's whatever you want it to be', remember?"
"But you made it sound like a dare."
"But it WASN'T!" I wailed, flinging my arms upwards. "It wasn't!"
"Yes it was."
I sighed heavily, slumping in a defeated kind of way. I give up. But he shall pay for treating me like this. Muaha! Yes, he shall! More annoyance for you, Kaiba-boy. Er...damn. Did I just say that? Ahem. I meant: more annoyance for you, Kai-boy! Hrm. That sounds off still. Geh, oh well...
"We're almost there." He said softly, and, much to my relief, lowered me to the ground. "My house is just a couple houses down." He pointed towards a large brick home. "That one, see?"
I glanced at the house before turning my attention back to him, glaring. "No, I only see you. Hate, hate, hate."
Kai rolled his eyes, patting my head slightly before brushing past me. I scowled, standing in my spot for a second before reluctantly following the other. We approached the house minutes later, heading off towards the side. Kai pressed a button off the side of the garage, and the large white door opened automatically. Ooh, buttons. Fun!
Ahem. Anyway, I turned my attention back to the garage, and slowly entered behind my taller 'friend'. "So, um, what're we doing here?"
"Getting this." He lifted up a black duffel bag that he had stuffed into a corner of the garage, slinging it over his shoulder. "We're going to one of my friend's house for the night."
My mouth fell open as he walked past me. "WHAT?! Do you just...not like to inform me of these things before hand?" I scowled, shaking my head. "And why'd you put your bag in the garage?"
"So I didn't have to deal with my parents shit." He unlocked the door to a dark blue BMW. "C'mon. Get in. I'll drive you to your place so you can pick up your stuff."
I stood where I was, eyeing him suspiciously. "How old are you?"
"Sixteen."
"Then how come you didn't drive to school this morning?"
He slid into the diver's seat of the car, shrugging. "Because I didn't feel like it."
Oh, real nice answer.
"Come on." He said again, tilting an eyebrow upwards. "Or do you not trust me?"
Um, no?
I rolled my eyes, not bothering to answer him as I got into the passenger's seat of the car, making sure to buckle my seatbelt. Kai shot me an amused look before turning back to the front of the car, pulling out a pair of keys from his pocket and sliding them into the ignition. I was practically thrown back into the seat as the car lurched backwards out of the driveway and onto the road.
"Woah." I said lightly, gripping the seat.
:"Where do you live?" He asked tentatively, reaching over to the dashboard and grabbing a pair of sunglasses that were on it, putting them on.
"Not too far from here." I responded, holding a hand over my eyes to block the sun. "Over by the park."
He nodded, taking a really sharp left turn that had me clutching at the door. Another amused glance. Damn him.
"Why didn't you sit by us today at lunch?" He asked after a few moments of a rather uncomfortable silence.
"Um.." I looked up at him, blinking. "Um, I forgot?"
Kai snorted, shaking his head and turned his attention back to the road ahead of him. Good boy, Kai! For a moment there I thought you were going to commit homicidal suicide and run into a tree. Heh. Homicidal suicide? Is there even such a thing?
"Y'know," I started, "what if I don't want to go to this little 'sleepover' of yours?"
He glanced at me, seemingly surprised. "But...why wouldn't you?"
Geh. Nevermind. He was impossible.
We arrived at my house a few minutes later, after I had finished giving him directions to it. He parked at the side of my rather small white house and I got out of the car, not bothering to close the door behind me. After I had gathered a few pairs of clothes together, told my mom where I was going, told her again, and then again, and after she had gotten the point I went back out to the car.
Kai looked at me curiously as I got back inside, fingers tapping against the steering wheel. "What took you so long?"
"My mom."
"Oh." A beginning of a smile pulled at his lips. Damn him...
The car lurched to life again, rolling almost silently down the gravelly road. The sky, I noted slightly, was just beginning to darken. I really didn't want to go this little 'friendly gathering' because I had this little nudge in my stomach that something was going to happen. I wasn't exactly sure if it was a good nudge or a bad nudge I just knew it was a nudge, okay? Jeez. But still, I'd much rather be home for the weekend.
But I had a feeling that everything that was going to happen tonight was going to be worth it.
And I was right.
End Chapter Three.
End Notes: Muahahaha! Muahaha!
Dark: Geh. Shut up. *Smacks her*
Firefly-chan: @_@ Ow.
Dark: Bleh, you annoy me.
Firefly-chan: So? *Sniffs* You're my muse. You should remain silent at all times.
Dark: Like fuc--*Is tackled by Firefly-chan*
Firefly-chan: Shush! Silent muse! *Turns back to the readers* Wee! Review, ne?
Reviews -
Psychic'sDream - Sorry. ^^ I'm slow when it comes to writing chapters. But I got this up pretty fast, didn't I?
Forget-me-not - I'm slow. ^_^;
flower-on-the-wind - Sarcasm = fun!
Blue Demon - I'm going! I'm going!
Anonymous - Yay! ^_^
MystikRaven - Tyson will never te-ll...^_~
Angel of Darkness - Yeah, I am evil. =P
Bester - Thanks. =D
White-Nyako-Tenshi - Yeah, I did make him a bit of a smartass. He was originally planned out to be calm but he didn't turn out that way. O.O;
Indiegal - Neither would I.
Luine - Yay! *Dances* I'm added! I'm added!
ztay - Muahaha! I'm liked! ^_^;
Rank and File
Chapter Three
By Firefly-chan
Oh thy bell? Where art thou? Why won't thy signal school to be over?
I stared at the clock. The damned clock that read 3:06. Why did time seem to be going backwards? I swear that the little minute hand keeps twitching backwards! I think the school is conspiring a plan to make up stay here longer or something. Those evil, evil, evil people. I should sue their asses. THEN they'd be sorry for screwing with the clock. Ha! And they thought they could get past me...
I glanced back up to the front of the class. The teacher was saying something; I can't really make out anything other then the words "blah blah blah blah blah". I thought they were supposed to be TEACHING in here? No wonder they don't get paid very much. Teaching us students how to be even stupider. I'll sue their asses too. In fact, while I'm suing the school and staff, I think I'll sue my parents for even bringing me to this stupid city. I was just peachy back in Sendai. But do they care? Nooooooo. Of course not. Damned parents.
I practically fell out of my chair, gripping at the top of the desk when I heard the bell go off. Er, well, that passed kind of fast. I guess it does when you're thinking rather then...not thinking. I blinked, a slow grin forming on my lips, gathering my books into my arms and heading out of the classroom stuck in the middle of a group of other students. Rolling my eyes, I pushed them, starting to my locker. When I reached it, though, I remembered that I wasn't exactly free yet. I still had to meet Kai after school.
I scowled, pulling open the padlock to my locker and swinging the long, thin metal door open. I didn't exactly *have* to meet him. I could just leave the school without doing so but then I figured he'd probably track me down and kick my ass. He just seemed like the type that would do that. Geh, now I'm probably sounding all stereotype-ish, huh? Hrm. Oh well. I don't really care...not my problem if people get offended with me or of what comes out of my mouth.
After I had put all my things into my locker and taken out the books I'd need to finish my homework, I began to realize that Max hadn't shown up at his locker yet. I blinked again before shrugging and shutting my locker again, shifting my bookbag over my shoulder and started down the hall. Pushing past the crowd of students, I managed my way outside into the cool air. I took in a deep breath, lifting my head to the sky. Yeah! Freedom!
I practically skipped down the stone steps, turning the corner and about to head off to my house when I felt a firm hand wrap around my upper arm and yank me backwards. I yelped, almost falling to the ground. I partially twisted around and saw that it was Kai who was dragging me off to the back of the school. I rolled my eyes, trying to yank my arm from his grip but noted that he was stronger then me. Damnit. I'm so scrawny.
"Hey, Kai, man." I started carefully. "I can walk. You don't need to drag me."
He didn't make any reply. Joy. I'm not good enough to be answered by o-master-of-thy-universe. I wonder if I should get on my knees or something?
"What's your deal?" I grumbled when he finally released me, rubbing at my sore arm. "I wasn't going to leave." I rolled my eyes impatiently when he didn't answer me...again. "Okay, look, I have things to do. What exactly is it you wanted to talk to me about?"
He eyed me warily, folding his arms across his chest. "I'm just going to tell you this once more." He flicked a piece of hair from his eyes. "You really shouldn't hang out with Max and his group. You're not the type from what I've seen so far."
"So? Do you want me to hang out with *you* or something?" I sneered, turning my back to him. "Max told me that you guys would only cause me trouble and you know what?" I shot him a withered glance over my shoulder. "I think he's right."
'Wait, Tyson, wait.' One of those tiny little annoying voices in the back of my head said. 'You can use this to your advantage, you idiot!'
"I'm just telling you this for your own good." Kai said lightly, edgily. "It's your choice whether you want to be an outcast to the whole school." I heard him turn to leave, feet scuffling against the gravel ground.
"Wait!" I spun around, holding a hand out as if trying to stop him . He stopped at the sound of my voice and I continued, "If I hang out with you I won't be an outcast?"
He snorted, shaking his head. "No, you won't."
I hesitated, as if thinking this over. Meheh, although I already knew my answer. If I pretended to be one of Kai's group then I could annoy him MUCH more easily. Oh, what fun I'll have. After a few silent moments I spoke again, "Okay. Fine."
He turned around, a light smirk playing his lips. Oh, ignorant Kai, by the time I finished with you you're going to be wishing you never even offered friendship to me. Hrm, sometimes I wonder if I'm too evil for my own good. But then again, when I'm evil I'm sexy. Well, I was already sexy to begin with but now I'm even sexier because of my evilness! Muahahahaha!
Yes, Kai. We'll have a lovely time together.
***
(The next day: after school)
"Now where are we going?" I asked with a small sigh, following behind Kai, shifting my bookbag to my other shoulder. I can't believe I'm doing this. Annoying Kai can't be worth being dragged around everywhere, can it? ...Heh. Hell yeah it can.
"To my garage."
I blinked. To. His. GARAGE? What the hell...geh, well, whatever. So what're we going to do there, Kai? Sort paint cans? Yeah, what fun that'll be. I sigh, shaking my head. "How far away do you live? I don't like walking." I whined, noting my bookbag was getting particularly heavy.
I could almost sense him rolling his eyes. "It's only a few blocks away."
"A few blocks away?!" I almost screamed. "Gah! That's...long!"
He shot me the funniest look over his shoulder. "..." He paused. "What do you want me to do about it? Carry you?"
I snorted, folding my arms over my chest again. "I'd like to see you try."
He stopped then, standing where he was for a second before turning around, catching my gaze with his. "Is that a dare?"
"It's whatever you want it to be."
He just stood there, eyeing me for a few moments before shrugging, and dropping his book bag to the ground. Before I could even gather what he was going to do, he slid an arm around my waist and the other under my legs and hauling me up as if I weighed nothing. I let out a squeak of surprise, squirming around in his grasp. But he obviously wasn't done moving me because instead of holding me he swung me over my shoulder. Geh. Blood rushing to head! Not good!
"Kai! What're you doing!" I yelped as he kneeled down to pick up his bag again. "Put me down!"
"And risk you fainting?" He wrinkled his nose in distaste. "Nah. I'd rather have you conscious."
"What if..." I ran my tongue nervously over my lips, racking desperately through my mind for some sort of reason for him to release me. "What if someone sees us?"
"So?" Came the blunt response.
Damnit. That didn't work. Obviously the mocha-I-can-carry-anyone-that-I-please man didn't give a damn. Search, Tyson! Search for another reason! Bad time to draw a blank, you stupid mind! Work, damn you! WORK!
"I'm too heavy." I said, squirming around some more.
"You're fine."
"Damnit, Kai! Just let me down!" I all but yelled, pressing the palms of my hands against his back. I swear to god he's going to drop me...
"No."
...
Stubborn bastard.
"Fine." I snapped, pouting slightly. "Y'know it IS my body that you arm carrying. Not yours. MINE. Let me walk myself."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because it was a dare."
"No, it wasn't." I shook my head. "I precisely said 'it's whatever you want it to be', remember?"
"But you made it sound like a dare."
"But it WASN'T!" I wailed, flinging my arms upwards. "It wasn't!"
"Yes it was."
I sighed heavily, slumping in a defeated kind of way. I give up. But he shall pay for treating me like this. Muaha! Yes, he shall! More annoyance for you, Kaiba-boy. Er...damn. Did I just say that? Ahem. I meant: more annoyance for you, Kai-boy! Hrm. That sounds off still. Geh, oh well...
"We're almost there." He said softly, and, much to my relief, lowered me to the ground. "My house is just a couple houses down." He pointed towards a large brick home. "That one, see?"
I glanced at the house before turning my attention back to him, glaring. "No, I only see you. Hate, hate, hate."
Kai rolled his eyes, patting my head slightly before brushing past me. I scowled, standing in my spot for a second before reluctantly following the other. We approached the house minutes later, heading off towards the side. Kai pressed a button off the side of the garage, and the large white door opened automatically. Ooh, buttons. Fun!
Ahem. Anyway, I turned my attention back to the garage, and slowly entered behind my taller 'friend'. "So, um, what're we doing here?"
"Getting this." He lifted up a black duffel bag that he had stuffed into a corner of the garage, slinging it over his shoulder. "We're going to one of my friend's house for the night."
My mouth fell open as he walked past me. "WHAT?! Do you just...not like to inform me of these things before hand?" I scowled, shaking my head. "And why'd you put your bag in the garage?"
"So I didn't have to deal with my parents shit." He unlocked the door to a dark blue BMW. "C'mon. Get in. I'll drive you to your place so you can pick up your stuff."
I stood where I was, eyeing him suspiciously. "How old are you?"
"Sixteen."
"Then how come you didn't drive to school this morning?"
He slid into the diver's seat of the car, shrugging. "Because I didn't feel like it."
Oh, real nice answer.
"Come on." He said again, tilting an eyebrow upwards. "Or do you not trust me?"
Um, no?
I rolled my eyes, not bothering to answer him as I got into the passenger's seat of the car, making sure to buckle my seatbelt. Kai shot me an amused look before turning back to the front of the car, pulling out a pair of keys from his pocket and sliding them into the ignition. I was practically thrown back into the seat as the car lurched backwards out of the driveway and onto the road.
"Woah." I said lightly, gripping the seat.
:"Where do you live?" He asked tentatively, reaching over to the dashboard and grabbing a pair of sunglasses that were on it, putting them on.
"Not too far from here." I responded, holding a hand over my eyes to block the sun. "Over by the park."
He nodded, taking a really sharp left turn that had me clutching at the door. Another amused glance. Damn him.
"Why didn't you sit by us today at lunch?" He asked after a few moments of a rather uncomfortable silence.
"Um.." I looked up at him, blinking. "Um, I forgot?"
Kai snorted, shaking his head and turned his attention back to the road ahead of him. Good boy, Kai! For a moment there I thought you were going to commit homicidal suicide and run into a tree. Heh. Homicidal suicide? Is there even such a thing?
"Y'know," I started, "what if I don't want to go to this little 'sleepover' of yours?"
He glanced at me, seemingly surprised. "But...why wouldn't you?"
Geh. Nevermind. He was impossible.
We arrived at my house a few minutes later, after I had finished giving him directions to it. He parked at the side of my rather small white house and I got out of the car, not bothering to close the door behind me. After I had gathered a few pairs of clothes together, told my mom where I was going, told her again, and then again, and after she had gotten the point I went back out to the car.
Kai looked at me curiously as I got back inside, fingers tapping against the steering wheel. "What took you so long?"
"My mom."
"Oh." A beginning of a smile pulled at his lips. Damn him...
The car lurched to life again, rolling almost silently down the gravelly road. The sky, I noted slightly, was just beginning to darken. I really didn't want to go this little 'friendly gathering' because I had this little nudge in my stomach that something was going to happen. I wasn't exactly sure if it was a good nudge or a bad nudge I just knew it was a nudge, okay? Jeez. But still, I'd much rather be home for the weekend.
But I had a feeling that everything that was going to happen tonight was going to be worth it.
And I was right.
End Chapter Three.
End Notes: Muahahaha! Muahaha!
Dark: Geh. Shut up. *Smacks her*
Firefly-chan: @_@ Ow.
Dark: Bleh, you annoy me.
Firefly-chan: So? *Sniffs* You're my muse. You should remain silent at all times.
Dark: Like fuc--*Is tackled by Firefly-chan*
Firefly-chan: Shush! Silent muse! *Turns back to the readers* Wee! Review, ne?