Title/Author/Summary/Disclaimer: These can be found in chapter one. Except let me add that I DO NOT OWN Yugi Moto OR the anime "Yu-Gi-Oh!". (Nor do I really wish that I did…)
Other note: * * * if you didn't already guess means meanwhile, * * * * mean later. Alrighty then, here is chapter four…
Chapter Four: Nari's 'Guy Friend'
They quickly ran into Midori's den, where Duo had gone, and they were surprised by the bizarre sight before them. Duo appeared to be petrified as he stared at the short purpled haired boy who they all assumed was Nari's 'guy friend'. He was none other than Yugi Moto from the Saturday morning cartoon "Yu-Gi-Oh!". Yugi appeared to be consumed in some sort of odd 3D card game he was playing against Nari, who looked as though she were winning, and Natsuki was sitting in a large blue couch reading. She was so consumed in the novel that she didn't even seem to notice the other people who entered the room.
The silence was suddenly broken when Duo exclaimed, "HOLY CRAP! It's Yugi Moto!"
Yugi looked up at the wide-eyed braided boy who was gaping at him and said in a questioning voice, "Yes? Do I know you?"
Duo plopped down next to Natsuki on the couch, and made her drop her book as he continued staring, and the angry Natsuki turned to him, "Hey you stupid baka, you made me loose my place!"
Though her complaint was forgotten as he began to speak, "I watch your show everyday and I even get up early on Saturdays to watch it then too! It's my favorite show! You have the best deck I have ever seen. Where'd you get the Dark Magician? 'Cause I've been looking for it and none of the card shops have it… You and Yami make a great team. Why don't your friends notice how you become taller whenever you duel? I don't mean to sound rude, but are they really that stupid…" Duo continued to ramble as Yugi just stared at him in shock.
Gin's green eyes went as wide as Duo's as she turned to the others, "I didn't know Duo was a 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' fan…"
Quatre smiled at her sympathetically and gently patted her on the back, "Yes, well, he's sort of and addict. He spends all his pay on cards, that's why he never has any money."
Gin blinked at him before replying in a quiet voice, "Wow, I never would have guessed. He hides it well. I haven't heard him speak about it once."
Heero turned to her and all but rolled his eyes as he said, "He doesn't when you hang out with him long enough, then it's all he talks about…" He paused for a second, and kind of smirked in remembrance, "Well, except for Kumiko of course…" Trowa, Midori, and Gin cracked up laughing, Kumiko blushed furiously, and Duo suddenly turned away from poor Yugi.
"Oh shut up you! You're just sour because I can beat you at it."
After that comment Heero shot Duo one of his trademark death glares™, which of course didn't affect him, but the purple haired boy sitting him wasn't as lucky and immediately passed out, "That's not true." Heero said indignantly.
Duo smirked as he suavely turned to face the Japanese boy glaring behind him, "Oh yes it is Heero. You seem to have forgotten, you might be a 'perfect soldier', but I can whoop your sorry ass at dueling any day."
Heero's death glare continued as he spoke, "Omae o korosu, you braided baka…"
"Wanna try to prove me wrong?" Duo now had a sly glint in his cobalt blue eyes; "It just so happens that I brought my deck with me…"
"Just so happens my foot, you bring those cards everywhere…" Heero mumbled, while taking a seat across from Duo.
"What was that, Yuy?" Duo asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Nothing…I challenge you to a duel!" The two boys locked glares, both looking murderous, and pulled out their decks. Everyone, other than Gin and Kumiko, left them to begin their duel and began trying to revive the unconscious celebrity.
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Yugi woke up after Natsuki kindly poured a glass of cold water over his head. He was now sputtering and blinking as he managed to say, "Thank you…Where's Nari and who were those guys?"
"I'm still here." Nari said gently to her soaked colleague, then asked, "Yes who are they? Are they friend's of yours Midori?"
"They're Kumiko's friends…What's their names again Trowa?" her sister answered with a smile, she had calmed down since the incident at the stoop and was now dazing off, since it was almost two in the morning.
"The braided one is Duo, the angry one is Heero, and this is Quatre…" Trowa said motioning towards the blond boy besides him and Yugi shook his hand, "Don't mind those two, that card game will keep them occupied for a good while…"
"Very nice to meet you Mr. Moto, if you don't mind me asking, why are you at Miss Ren's home? I thought you were in a competition with Seto Kaiba?" Quatre asked.
"I was, but it's over and I'm on vacation." Yugi sent Nari a secretive grin after saying the last part, and then he asked her, "Where were we?"
Nari smiled back and blushed, "I believe I was beating you by two thousand points."
"Oh yes." Yugi agreed and the others left them to their game. Trowa and Midori headed to the kitchen to 'get refreshments', Quatre went over to watch the Heero and Duo's duel with Gin and Kumiko, and Natsuki was sitting curled in a ball next to Duo reading her book.
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Heero had a huge disadvantage while playing the duel, since half way through their game Gin, who had passed out soon after the game had begun, decided to use his lap as a pillow. This caused the young pilot to loose his concentration as the others watching the duel giggled at him as he tried to find a gentle way to get the sleeping girl off his lap without waking her up. However, all of his efforts prove fruitless and he resolved to just allow her to stay positioned there. Her daringness unnerved him. Heero was positive that she would never venture such a courageous act while she was awake. It was so totally out of character for this youthful assassin sleeping on him that it causing him to loose his concentration. She was so spontaneous… How did she know about his battle with Wufei anyway?
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It was a humiliating defeat for Heero and Yugi somehow managed to just beat Nari. Over all, both duels were very interesting, and they ended at a perfect time since everyone was falling asleep and they still needed to split in to separate rooms. Midori decided that the boys would sleep in the den with their sleeping bags, and the girls in her room upstairs. This idea caused Heero's shoulders to slump as he looked down at the serene brunette with her head still resting on his lap, he didn't want to wake her up. The situation was awkward enough…
Kumiko noticed Heero's usual emotionless expression was leaning slightly towards the direction of bewilderment, so she decided to help the poor boy. She sauntered over to the couch parallel to her own, sat down beside her surrogate sister, and began to shake her lightly while whispering in Spanish, "Hermana. Despierte, hermana baja. Despierte. [1]"
"Humph…" Gin mumbled groggily and rolled over, causing Heero's eyes to widen, and Kumiko to giggle as she continued shaking her gently.
"Gin, wake up. Gin, Heero wants to go to bed and he can't," Kumiko continued patiently.
"Ehh…Why does Heero care if I sleep here? Tell 'em he can go to sleep I 'don care…"Gin muttered with her eyes still closed, causing Heero's eyes to widen even more and Kumiko to laugh harder as she replied.
"Well, he cares, because it would be highly inappropriate for him to fall asleep with your head on his lap."
"What are you talking 'bout 'Miko, I don't have my head…" at that moment her eyes snapped open and Gin found herself staring in to the shocked Prussian blue eyes of Heero Yuy. She abruptly sat up, knocking herself and Kumiko off the couch, and gasped, "OH MY GOD!"
"GOODNESS!" Natsuki corrected crossly, and Trowa cracked up laughing, he was the only other person in the room who saw her wake.
"Whatever…I am so sorry!" she apologized, as she rubbed her side, "I don't know how I ended up with my head on your lap… I meant nothing by it, honestly. Gosh, I didn't even know I was doing it. If I made you uncomfortable, I'm sorry… I am so sorry." And she sincerely looked it.
"It's alright." Heero said in his normal apathetic way.
"No, it's not… God-I mean-goodness, I feel so embarrassed." Her hands clamped on her face while she said that. Kumiko stood up and signaled to the other two to leave with her and they went to get the spare sleeping bags from Midori's garage.
"No, it's really alright." His voice was almost sympathetic. He hated it when girls cried, he found it as weakness like Wufei; it was one of the only things he had ever agreed with him on… "You really don't need to cry about it. It's not that…"
Her hands instantly whipped off her face and her eyes narrowed at him scathingly, "I'm not crying. I might be embarrassed, but I'm not going to cry about it…" Her voice all of a sudden softened from being indignant to understanding, and she blushed once again, "Look, it's really late and we're all tired, let's forget it and go to bed… I'm really sorry. Good night, Heero."
"Good night Gin…" That girl really baffled him. One minute she was apologizing profusely, then yelling at him, and then she was back to apologizing. She was odd, very odd indeed, and far more odd than Relena…Then again; Relena wasn't one of the youngest female assassins in the world.
A/N: Well, this chapter is dedicated to my beta Mist of Avalon, Fyre-Faerie-Gyrl, and my other friends: The Nonesuch, and Nari who made me put Yugi in it. Thanks for pushing me. And thank you to all my other reviewers. You all rock my socks…
[1] Translation from Spanish to English, "Sister. Wake up, sister. Wake up." It's also translated to 'get up…' If I'm wrong feel free to comment.
Further note: Information on Wufei will be coming soon. And don't expect Yugi to be a main focus in my fic, he shouldn't be in it much longer…