It was Monday and Yami was waiting for Yugi to find his school
uniform.
When Yugi did come down, his blue jacket had places where the color had completely come off.
"Aibou, what did you do to your jacket?" Yami asked, with an amused expression of his face.
"I was in a rush and I accidentally knocked an open container of bleach in the washing machine."
"Bleach?"
"You're only supposed to put it in with the white clothing, but since I spilled it, some of the color came off."
"Oh."
***
It was a long school day. Yami's hand kept popping up in the air when the teacher asked a question in Ancient Civilizations. Whenever Yami started rambling on about Egypt, Yugi had to nudge him in the ribs to remind him not to speak of anything dealing with his past life. This earned Yugi piercing glares from Yami. If this wasn't bad enough, it seemed Yami had a bit of a dilemma after school.
Yugi was walking home with Yami not far behind, was pounced upon by one of the usual school bullies. Yugi, who was used to this thought that he might as well get his daily beating over with.
Yami looked up from the book Yugi had checked out for him on the Rosetta Stone and saw a crowd around Yugi and the bully who was punching him in the gut.
"Aibou!"
"Don't worry about *oof* me Yami. I *oof* have everything under control."
That didn't stop Yami though. He was already charging through the crowd at breakneck speed towards the bully.
"You quit picking on Yugi!" Yami called out.
The bully stopped punching Yugi and turned around, "What are you going to do about it?"
Yami gave him an evil smirk, "We'll play a game, of my choice."
"Don't do Yami! You're going to drive him insane!" Yugi said, trying to reason with his other.
"And do you really think I care Aibou?" Yami said shaking his head, an evil glare in his eye.
"Just don't do it!"
"Too late."
Yami looked at the foursquare grid and got an idea. Yami walked over to it and took some chalk out of his backpack. Then, he drew a square around the grid, and drew diagonal lines from the center of the grid to the four corners of the outer square that he just drew. Yami then took out two quarters and held one in each hand.
"Okay," he said to the school bully, "I have two coins. These coins act as dice. We both start where the lines connect and move to the outer square. We flip both coins when it is are turn. How many steps you move depends on what the two coins land on. If they land both on heads, you move forward two steps. If they both land on tails, you take one step back."
"What if one lands on tails and the other lands on heads?" The bully asked, not waiting for Yami to finish.
"I'm getting to that. Be patient," Yami replied, "If one land on tails and one land on heads or vice-versa, you do nothing. The object of this game is to get to the edge of the outer square first. If you win, you may do whatever you please to Yugi and me."
"Yami!" Yugi yelped.
Yami put up a hand to silence him, "But if I win, there will be a penalty game. Got that?"
"Got it," the bully said standing in the center of the grid back-to- back to Yami.
"Okay," Yami handed the two coins to the outstretched hand, "Since you're the opponent, you will go first. Ready? Game Start!"
When Yugi did come down, his blue jacket had places where the color had completely come off.
"Aibou, what did you do to your jacket?" Yami asked, with an amused expression of his face.
"I was in a rush and I accidentally knocked an open container of bleach in the washing machine."
"Bleach?"
"You're only supposed to put it in with the white clothing, but since I spilled it, some of the color came off."
"Oh."
***
It was a long school day. Yami's hand kept popping up in the air when the teacher asked a question in Ancient Civilizations. Whenever Yami started rambling on about Egypt, Yugi had to nudge him in the ribs to remind him not to speak of anything dealing with his past life. This earned Yugi piercing glares from Yami. If this wasn't bad enough, it seemed Yami had a bit of a dilemma after school.
Yugi was walking home with Yami not far behind, was pounced upon by one of the usual school bullies. Yugi, who was used to this thought that he might as well get his daily beating over with.
Yami looked up from the book Yugi had checked out for him on the Rosetta Stone and saw a crowd around Yugi and the bully who was punching him in the gut.
"Aibou!"
"Don't worry about *oof* me Yami. I *oof* have everything under control."
That didn't stop Yami though. He was already charging through the crowd at breakneck speed towards the bully.
"You quit picking on Yugi!" Yami called out.
The bully stopped punching Yugi and turned around, "What are you going to do about it?"
Yami gave him an evil smirk, "We'll play a game, of my choice."
"Don't do Yami! You're going to drive him insane!" Yugi said, trying to reason with his other.
"And do you really think I care Aibou?" Yami said shaking his head, an evil glare in his eye.
"Just don't do it!"
"Too late."
Yami looked at the foursquare grid and got an idea. Yami walked over to it and took some chalk out of his backpack. Then, he drew a square around the grid, and drew diagonal lines from the center of the grid to the four corners of the outer square that he just drew. Yami then took out two quarters and held one in each hand.
"Okay," he said to the school bully, "I have two coins. These coins act as dice. We both start where the lines connect and move to the outer square. We flip both coins when it is are turn. How many steps you move depends on what the two coins land on. If they land both on heads, you move forward two steps. If they both land on tails, you take one step back."
"What if one lands on tails and the other lands on heads?" The bully asked, not waiting for Yami to finish.
"I'm getting to that. Be patient," Yami replied, "If one land on tails and one land on heads or vice-versa, you do nothing. The object of this game is to get to the edge of the outer square first. If you win, you may do whatever you please to Yugi and me."
"Yami!" Yugi yelped.
Yami put up a hand to silence him, "But if I win, there will be a penalty game. Got that?"
"Got it," the bully said standing in the center of the grid back-to- back to Yami.
"Okay," Yami handed the two coins to the outstretched hand, "Since you're the opponent, you will go first. Ready? Game Start!"
