"Ne, Yuugi-kun..." Bakura said hesitantly. "Do-- do you think your other could check on the Ring for me...?"
"Eh?" Yuugi asked. "Naze? Is something wrong?" [Why?]
The pale haired boy hesitated a moment. "I'm not sure..." he said slowly. "When I was leaving the house today, it-- it felt like something was there." He gave a small embarrassed smile. "I'm probably just being paranoid."
'Mou hitori no boku?' Yuugi asked. 'Is anything wrong?'
There was a small pause because the darker half answer. 'The seal's still there,' he replied. It was a bit weakened, but I strengthened it again, just to be sure.'
"Ii yo," Yuugi reassured Bakura. "There's nothing wrong."
Bakura gave a relieved smile. "Yokatta..." [Oh good...]
"So, you notice anything?" Honda asked as he and Jounouchi watched Yuugi and Bakura chatting.
"Just his arm," Jounouchi replied, voice quiet. "See that? He did it again."
"Eh? What?"
"He keeps fidgeting and putting his hand over that spot on his arm."
Honda squinted at the pale haired boy. "Huh. You're right... what do you think it could be?"
"Isn't it obvious! The bastard must have hurt him!" Jounouchi hissed.
"Mou! Anata-tachi!" Anzu exclaimed, stepping in front of the boys, hands on her hips.
"What?" Jounouchi said.
"You haven't even heard me at all, have you?" the girl scowled. "Why are you staring at Yuugi like that?"
"We're not!"
"Then what were you staring at?"
"Bakura. I think Kaiba hurt him again."
Anzu turned, looking at the boy. "He looks fine...."
"He keeps covering his arm," Honda pointed out.
"Which means it's hurt," Jounouchi said definitely.
"And he went home with Kaiba yesterday, so whatever's wrong, there's a good chance it's because of him," Honda added.
Anzu looked at the pale haired boy a moment in consideration before walking over. "Ne, Bakura-kun?" she smiled, interrupting the conversation between the smaller boys.
Bakura blinked, looking up at her. "Hai, Anzu-chan...?"
"Is something wrong with your arm?" She pointed to where the pale haired's boy's hand seemed to be tracing something under his uniform.
"Aa!" Bakura exclaimed, hand tensing a moment before quickly moving away. "Gomen," he apologized with a smile. "It's just a nervous habit," he explained with an embarrassed tone. "I'm fine."
"You've never done that before," Jounouchi pointed out.
"We've never had quite this much work due before," Bakura countered.
"So because we have a lot of work you keep rubbing your arm like there's something on it?"
"Mou, Jounouchi-kun," Yuugi said, looking upset. "He said there's nothing wrong. Don't you trust him?"
"Yeah. But I don't trust Kaiba and I know how you two are with protecting people."
Yuugi's eyes widened in outrage.
"Mou, Jounouchi!" Anzu exclaimed, hands on her hips as she glared at the blond. "Are you saying you don't trust Bakura-kun to say if he's been hurt?"
"Not if he's afraid of what Kaiba'll do to him!"
Bakura gave a sigh, resting his forehead on his hand.
"And what do you think Kaiba will do to him?" a dry voice asked behind them.
Jounouchi turned to see the young CEO looking down at him with distaste and scowled. "I think he'll do whatever the hell he damned well pleases cause he's an arrogant jerk," he near spat.
"Then I don't think it matters what he tells you," Kaiba said, voice dripping sarcasm. "And I don't hurt what's mine."
Honda quickly grabbed the enraged blond before he could launch himself at the taller boy. "So that's it, eh?" Jounouchi shot back as he pulled, trying to get out of his friends grip. "You think you own them so you can do whatever the fuck you want, huh? You sick little--"
"Jounouchi-kun!" Yuugi exclaimed, biting his lip hard in distress.
Seeing this, Kaiba moved to his side and stroked his lips to soothe them. "And you say you're his friend," he said to Jounouchi drily.
Jounouchi's reply was cut off as Anzu punched him across the face. "Honda? Drag him outside?" she half ordered, half requested.
The brown haired boy nodded, hauling his now stunned friend out into the hallway.
Anzu gave a sigh, then turned back to the trio. "Ne, Bakura-kun? Can I see your arm?" she asked.
The pale haired boy hesitate, then nodded slightly, pushing off the sleeve so the girl could see, face slightly red.
Anzu nodded. "Arigatou. Now, if you'll excuse me..." She turned and walked purposefully out into the hall.
Jounouchi was swearing at Honda and demanding to be let go.
"Jounochi no Baka!" Anzu exclaimed, slapping the boy across the face. "He's not hurt!"
Jounouchi looked startled, putting a hand to his face. "Wha--?"
"He showed me. He wasn't hurt." Anzu's eyes blazed as she glared at the blond. "But you can't see past your hate of Kaiba to see anything except what you want to! You're hurting Yuugi!"
The blond boy pulled back as if she'd hit him again. "I'm just trying to show him that Kaiba's using them!"
Anzu didn't look impressed. "Yuugi's better then you, Jounouchi. He can see past people's exteriors, like he saw past you and Honda's bullying."
"This is different!" Jounouchi sputtered. "Kaiba's soulless! You know what he's like, Anzu! How can you let Yuugi keep going like this?"
"I trust Yuugi..." Anzu said coldly. "If Yuugi even thought that Kaiba was hurting Bakura-kun, he would come to Bakura's defence, like he's done for you. And for you to go attacking Kaiba like that when you KNOW Yuugi cares about him is the LOWEST then you could ever do!" she shouted.
"Damnit, Anzu, I'm just trying to--" He realized what was about to come out of his mouth and shut it with a snap.
"Trying to what?" Anzu pressed. "Prove how big you are by attacking one of Yuugi's friends who you don't like?"
"That's not it! I just want to look out for him. He's too trusting!"
"Yeah... too trusting that his friend won't hurt him," Anzu snapped before turning and stalking back into the classroom.
Jounouchi turned and punched the wall hard enough to really hurt his hand.
"Eh?" Yuugi asked. "Naze? Is something wrong?" [Why?]
The pale haired boy hesitated a moment. "I'm not sure..." he said slowly. "When I was leaving the house today, it-- it felt like something was there." He gave a small embarrassed smile. "I'm probably just being paranoid."
'Mou hitori no boku?' Yuugi asked. 'Is anything wrong?'
There was a small pause because the darker half answer. 'The seal's still there,' he replied. It was a bit weakened, but I strengthened it again, just to be sure.'
"Ii yo," Yuugi reassured Bakura. "There's nothing wrong."
Bakura gave a relieved smile. "Yokatta..." [Oh good...]
"So, you notice anything?" Honda asked as he and Jounouchi watched Yuugi and Bakura chatting.
"Just his arm," Jounouchi replied, voice quiet. "See that? He did it again."
"Eh? What?"
"He keeps fidgeting and putting his hand over that spot on his arm."
Honda squinted at the pale haired boy. "Huh. You're right... what do you think it could be?"
"Isn't it obvious! The bastard must have hurt him!" Jounouchi hissed.
"Mou! Anata-tachi!" Anzu exclaimed, stepping in front of the boys, hands on her hips.
"What?" Jounouchi said.
"You haven't even heard me at all, have you?" the girl scowled. "Why are you staring at Yuugi like that?"
"We're not!"
"Then what were you staring at?"
"Bakura. I think Kaiba hurt him again."
Anzu turned, looking at the boy. "He looks fine...."
"He keeps covering his arm," Honda pointed out.
"Which means it's hurt," Jounouchi said definitely.
"And he went home with Kaiba yesterday, so whatever's wrong, there's a good chance it's because of him," Honda added.
Anzu looked at the pale haired boy a moment in consideration before walking over. "Ne, Bakura-kun?" she smiled, interrupting the conversation between the smaller boys.
Bakura blinked, looking up at her. "Hai, Anzu-chan...?"
"Is something wrong with your arm?" She pointed to where the pale haired's boy's hand seemed to be tracing something under his uniform.
"Aa!" Bakura exclaimed, hand tensing a moment before quickly moving away. "Gomen," he apologized with a smile. "It's just a nervous habit," he explained with an embarrassed tone. "I'm fine."
"You've never done that before," Jounouchi pointed out.
"We've never had quite this much work due before," Bakura countered.
"So because we have a lot of work you keep rubbing your arm like there's something on it?"
"Mou, Jounouchi-kun," Yuugi said, looking upset. "He said there's nothing wrong. Don't you trust him?"
"Yeah. But I don't trust Kaiba and I know how you two are with protecting people."
Yuugi's eyes widened in outrage.
"Mou, Jounouchi!" Anzu exclaimed, hands on her hips as she glared at the blond. "Are you saying you don't trust Bakura-kun to say if he's been hurt?"
"Not if he's afraid of what Kaiba'll do to him!"
Bakura gave a sigh, resting his forehead on his hand.
"And what do you think Kaiba will do to him?" a dry voice asked behind them.
Jounouchi turned to see the young CEO looking down at him with distaste and scowled. "I think he'll do whatever the hell he damned well pleases cause he's an arrogant jerk," he near spat.
"Then I don't think it matters what he tells you," Kaiba said, voice dripping sarcasm. "And I don't hurt what's mine."
Honda quickly grabbed the enraged blond before he could launch himself at the taller boy. "So that's it, eh?" Jounouchi shot back as he pulled, trying to get out of his friends grip. "You think you own them so you can do whatever the fuck you want, huh? You sick little--"
"Jounouchi-kun!" Yuugi exclaimed, biting his lip hard in distress.
Seeing this, Kaiba moved to his side and stroked his lips to soothe them. "And you say you're his friend," he said to Jounouchi drily.
Jounouchi's reply was cut off as Anzu punched him across the face. "Honda? Drag him outside?" she half ordered, half requested.
The brown haired boy nodded, hauling his now stunned friend out into the hallway.
Anzu gave a sigh, then turned back to the trio. "Ne, Bakura-kun? Can I see your arm?" she asked.
The pale haired boy hesitate, then nodded slightly, pushing off the sleeve so the girl could see, face slightly red.
Anzu nodded. "Arigatou. Now, if you'll excuse me..." She turned and walked purposefully out into the hall.
Jounouchi was swearing at Honda and demanding to be let go.
"Jounochi no Baka!" Anzu exclaimed, slapping the boy across the face. "He's not hurt!"
Jounouchi looked startled, putting a hand to his face. "Wha--?"
"He showed me. He wasn't hurt." Anzu's eyes blazed as she glared at the blond. "But you can't see past your hate of Kaiba to see anything except what you want to! You're hurting Yuugi!"
The blond boy pulled back as if she'd hit him again. "I'm just trying to show him that Kaiba's using them!"
Anzu didn't look impressed. "Yuugi's better then you, Jounouchi. He can see past people's exteriors, like he saw past you and Honda's bullying."
"This is different!" Jounouchi sputtered. "Kaiba's soulless! You know what he's like, Anzu! How can you let Yuugi keep going like this?"
"I trust Yuugi..." Anzu said coldly. "If Yuugi even thought that Kaiba was hurting Bakura-kun, he would come to Bakura's defence, like he's done for you. And for you to go attacking Kaiba like that when you KNOW Yuugi cares about him is the LOWEST then you could ever do!" she shouted.
"Damnit, Anzu, I'm just trying to--" He realized what was about to come out of his mouth and shut it with a snap.
"Trying to what?" Anzu pressed. "Prove how big you are by attacking one of Yuugi's friends who you don't like?"
"That's not it! I just want to look out for him. He's too trusting!"
"Yeah... too trusting that his friend won't hurt him," Anzu snapped before turning and stalking back into the classroom.
Jounouchi turned and punched the wall hard enough to really hurt his hand.