1/18/03- Whee. Do you know what is boring? Drivers' Ed. Luckily, that gives me time to write stories. WHAT? Did you think I actually PAID ATTENTION?? PFFFT!! And also, everybody ignores me even when I raise my hand. Sniff. So, what do I do during our breaks? NO, I DON'T SOCIALIZE!!! I write fics! YAY!!!
I think I've ranted enough about Drivers' Ed. I'll write the story now.
Sometimes I wonder WHY I put dates on my comments…
Oh, yes, one other note. My semester just ended and I have a four-day weekend, and I have absolutely NO homework because it would be kind of retarded if a teacher gave out homework after the course ended. Or before it started. So, I'll be writing quite a bit, and my next semester is the easy cheesy one, and I'll have more time THEN as well! YAY!!!
Cinnamon Eyes
Otogi blinked and looked up at Hitomi. "Wh… what?"
"I said, I challenge you to a duel."
By now, a crowd had gathered around the desk. He sat still, stunned, but then regained composure and twirled his hair around his finger. "Are you sure? I really would rather not put your self-confidence on the line…" His finger stopped, and his eyes moved upwards to look at Hitomi. "I'm sure you wouldn't be hurt too much in losing a game you haven't played before. How about…"
"No Dungeon Dice Monsters. We're playing a game that neither of us has invented. We're playing Duel Monsters."
"If you want him to leave you alone, challenge him to a duel."
"What does that have to do with anyth-"
"I'll get to that." Hitomi noticed that while on the subject of Duel Monsters, Yuugi looked more serious and collected. He acted as if the game was his life; it was no wonder that he'd defeated both the world champion and the creator of the game. The amazing thing was that he seemed to still have a healthy social life.
King of Games, indeed.
"The first thing you have to be careful of is that he'll try to counter your challenge by challenging you to DDM."
"DDM?"
"Dungeon Dice Monsters, the game he created," Jounouchi spoke up. "That happened to Yuugi. Luckily, we had the other Yuu- OW!"
Honda had elbowed him in the stomach.
Hitomi looked at Yuugi strangely. "The other who?"
"Oh, just forget about that for now," Yuugi waved it off. "But regarding your first question…"
"Ahh, you've done your homework, my dear." Otogi stood up so that he could be close to eye level. "You've been talking to Yuugi-kun?"
"Um, yeah… how did you know?"
"That's the only person you could have gotten that information from. Save for his friends." He strode past her, then turned around again. "Well, what are the conditions?" He smiled. "You want something from me, and Yuugi-kun told you to challenge me to a duel. What is it?"
"You see, Otogi-kun is a man of his word. If he agrees to something, he will see it through."
"Oh! I get it!" Hitomi clapped her hands together. "So, I challenge him to a duel, and request that…
"If I win, you have to leave me alone." She crossed her arms as the girls started screaming and protesting. "That means no familiar suffixes, no stalking, none of this 'dear' stuff, and no attempts to make me fall for you."
"Hmm…" Otogi rubbed his chin, trying to block out the screams ringing in his ears. "I accept."
The screaming stopped, and a bewildered silence filled the room.
"But what if I win?"
"You win?" Hitomi blinked. I didn't think of that. But it is only fair for him to make a request, also… "Well, then…" She blushed. "You can… What do you want? Name anything that you want."
"If I win," Otogi started twirling one of his bangs around his forefinger, "then you have to go on a date with me."
Hitomi was silent. "A date? A single date? That's it? I said you could ask for anything. You could have demanded that I be your girlfriend, or a kiss, or… or… or even…"
"I'm not going to force you to do anything you really don't want me to do, Hitomi-chan. That's not what love is."
The silence changed from bewildered to eerie. "L-love, huh?" Hitomi blushed even more. "But what if I don't want to go on a date with you?"
He chuckled and leaned down so that he could look straight into her eyes. "Believe me, after one date, you will feel the same towards me as I to you."
***
"So… you rented this dueling field just for our duel?" Hitomi looked around the Black Crown dueling field.
"Well, yeah…"
"You act like it's not such a big deal."
"It isn't." He glanced at her, flashing a smile. "Shall we start?"
Hitomi looked up at him. "No cameras?"
"Of course not. This is our private duel, unless you want cameras, of course."
"No, thank you."
It was at that point that Yuugi and the others walked into the arena.
"No, wait, what?!" Otogi glared at them. "This is a private duel! No spectators!!"
"But I invited them…" Hitomi leaned on Otogi and rested her head on his shoulder. "Please?"
Otogi blushed, and Jounouchi snickered. "Well… only one, then…"
"Yuugi can stay," Honda said immediately. "He's the best candidate for that."
"Yeah, good luck, Hitomi-san!!" Anzu winked at her.
The three walked out the door, and Yuugi smiled nervously up at the two. "Um… are you going to duel now?"
"Gladly." Otogi walked to one end of the field, and Hitomi to the other. As they stood in front of their electronic card-reading boards, Otogi called out, "I hope you know how to use the cards they lent you, Hitomi-chan! I wouldn't want to beat you because of that!"
She slammed her deck down and gritted her teeth. "Don't worry, I do!"
"Am I really that predictable?" groaned Yuugi.
"Don't worry, Yuugi-kun, that's good!" Hitomi yelled at him. "It means you have a kind heart!"
Otogi tapped his finger on the metal. Are you ready yet, Hitomi-chan? I'd rather not get into a conversation about hearts…"
"Yeah, sorry." She shrugged.
"You set the rules, and I move first?"
"Sure." She thought for a moment. "Two thousand life points, no directly attacking the opponent except under special circumstances, and no need to sacrifice monsters to summon a higher-level one."
"Okay, then. Simplest rules…"
They both grinned at each other, and shouted "DUEL!!"
Hitomi drew her hand and looked at the five cards. Green Phantom King, Frog the Jam, Silver Bow and Arrow, Magic Jammer, and Hinotama. Eh, I could have a better hand, but let's see what he does first… She looked over the field at the boy, wearing a face full of concentration. How odd. He fawns all over me in other situations, but abandons that all in the dueling arena. He must be a pretty good duelist… crud…
"I put one monster face down in defense mode and another card face down. It's your turn."
Hitomi peered at him. "Okay, then. Um… first I use Hinotama, which takes away 500 of your life points."
Otogi shrugged as the LCD screen reduced his points from 2000 to 1500.
"And then… I'll attack with Frog the Jam!" She put down the card, and a holographic image of a green blob appeared.
Frog the Jam [700/500]
Otogi raised an eyebrow. "Frog the Jam, Hitomi-chan?"
"Shut up, I know what I'm doing. Attack his face down monster!"
The blob croaked, and the face down monster was revealed to be Skull Servant before disappearing.
Hitomi snorted. "Really, Otogi, I expected more from you. Its defense point value was only 200. Your turn."
Otogi pulled a card from his deck. "I was just giving you an easy start."
"Please don't."
"Whatever. I put this card down in attack mode," he placed a card down, "Dark King of the Abyss!"
Dark King of the Abyss [1200/800]
"Shoot…" The long-nailed monster attacked Hitomi's Frog the Jam, bringing her points down to 1500.
"We're even now, Hitomi-chan!" Otogi winked. "Your turn."
Hitomi picked up a card, growling. "Even… Not for long…" She looked at the pulled card. Ray & Temperature…! That's good, my favorite card… "I play Ray & Temperature in attack mode!" A hologram of the sun and winds then appeared on the field.
Ray & Temperature [1000/1000]
"That's still not strong enough-"
"And…" Hitomi pulled a card from her hand.
"Let me see your deck, Hitomi!" Yuugi held out an eager hand, and Hitomi passed it over. Shuffling through it, Yuugi's eyes took in everything that was included. "Okay… It's a good deck, but, no offence, it needs to be a little bit better against Otogi-kun."
"Well, okay…"
"You need some more Magic and Trap cards. Your deck is mostly Fairy and Spellcaster cards… we can work with that."
"Fairy cards? Here, Hitomi-san." Anzu handed her a card. "You can use this…"
"I equip Ray & Temperature with Silver Bow and Arrow!" Temperature, the wind, was now holding the new accessory.
Ray & Temperature [1300/1300]
"And now… attack the Dark King!!"
Temperature pulled back on the bow and let the arrow fly towards the Dark King of the Abyss. It made contact, and the Dark King exploded into pieces of light.
"Great going, Hitomi!" cheered Yuugi.
Otogi Ryuuji [1400 LP]
Otogi sneered. "Okay, then, I'll get serious now…"
"THANK YOU! I don't need you to go easy on me!!!" Hitomi flailed her arms in a futile attempt to stress her point. "Now take your turn!"
He took a card from the deck and placed it on the field. "King of Yamimakai, attack mode!"
King of Yamimakai [2000/1530]
Hitomi slammed her hands on the board. Oh, no! She looked at Yuugi, panicked, to see him staring intently at the battle. "Yuugi-kun!"
He calmly turned his head to face her, his eyes looking more serious than usual. "Let it play out. We'll see what happens then."
"Save your frenzy, Hitomi-chan." She turned back towards Otogi. "My turn isn't over yet. I play this magic card…" He turned over the card he had placed down in the first turn. "Yami!"
The field's surface turned dark, and Hitomi's monster seemed to sag a bit. "What… wha?"
"Yami decreases the attack and defense of Fairy-type monsters," Otogi said, waving a finger. "It also increases the attack and defense of Fiend-type monsters, which my King of Yamimakai is."
King of Yamimakai [2200/1730]
Ray & Temperature [800/800]
"No…"
"Attack!" The King of Yamimakai did so, destroying Ray & Temperature.
Kawara Hitomi [100 LP]
"Hitomi!" She turned to look back at Yuugi. "Listen! Your deck is mostly Fairies and Spellcasters, right? Yami also powers-up Spellcaster-type monsters, so you're not at a full disadvantage."
She glanced at her hand. Green Phantom King and Magic Jammer. Yeah, but there are no Spellcasters in my hand.
"Your turn, Hitomi-chan."
"I'm aware of that!" she snapped, even though it hadn't been announced before that. She pulled a card, and got Book of Secret Arts.
"Take this too, Hitomi." Yuugi handed her a card. "That's for powering up your Spellcasters."
Hitomi growled. I need a Spellcaster monster card, not a Magic card that powers up Spellcasters! She sighed, and put a card down. "Monster card, face down in defense mode. Your turn."
Otogi stared at her carefully for a moment, then added another card to his hand. "I'll only attack this turn. Attack the face down card!!"
Hitomi hung her head as the Green Phantom King was destroyed. "My turn again, then…" She closed her eyes and pulled the next card, hoping it would be a Spellcaster…
Aqua Madoor [1200/2000]
Perfect… it's a Spellcaster! Not enough attack, but…
"I put Aqua Madoor down in defense mode!" She watched the LCD screen as its attack and defense increased by 200 points. "And then… I equip it with Book of Secret Arts!"
Aqua Madoor [1700/2500]
Yuugi smiled and nodded approvingly.
"Your turn, Otogi."
He sighed. "Obviously, I can't attack with this monster." He pulled a card. "Aha. But I can with this. The duel ends here." He placed the card down, and Mystic Lamp appeared on the field.
Mystic Lamp [600/500]
Hitomi scoffed. "What are you talking about? It may have gotten a power bonus, but it's still way too weak!"
"Mystic Lamp can attack you directly."
"Oh, well, then… WHAT?!"
Otogi stared at her seriously. "I won't attack you if you want me to go easy on you."
Hitomi paused, then hung her head. "Just do it, then."
He looked at her with pity in his green eyes. "I'm sorry. Mystic Lamp, attack!"
Kawara Hitomi [0 LP]
She stepped off the platform, and Yuugi ran towards her. "Hitomi!"
She looked down at him, and smiled. "It's okay. I did my best."
Yuugi paused, then smiled as well. "That's right. That's all that counts." He noticed that she was staring at him. "Um… Hitomi, is something wrong?"
Hitomi took her eyes away and shook her head. "No, I'm fine." Maybe I was just imagining that Yuugi was being more serious… I was pretty far away from him…
Suddenly, she was grasped into a hug. "I'm sorry, Hitomi-chan! I'm so, so, so sorry!!!"
She growled and pushed Otogi off her. "Don't touch me."
"Well, whatever." He shrugged. "As for that date… is Saturday after school okay?"
***
-_-Omake-_-
Hey-yo, peoples! I don't exactly have an actual omake planned out, but I'll just make some announcements, followed by responses to my reviews.
First of all, if this isn't your first time reading this story, you'll notice that I've renamed the chapters, since the previous names have been really stupid.
If this is your first time, welcome!
Also, I've gone through past chapters and made some changes. Nothing big, just adding a suffix or two.
And also, if you have already reviewed to the Christmas chapter and want to review to this one, you sort of won't be able to, because the Christmas chapter was previously chapter 3. So, if that is the case for you, review… at some other chapter… and you might want to indicate that you are reviewing for chapter 3.
I think that's it for announcements… I should have the next chapter up within a few days.
Reviews
dancing elf- Thank you for your support throughout the first two chapters! ^^ …Where did you go? (Just kidding! HAW HAW HAW!!)
Minoizuri- Yeah… I hate those cheerleaders SO much. ;D
Blue Elf- My favorite MKR character is Ryo Akiyama (in-joke).
jus a gurl- Erm… maybe… I know that Otogi does like her, but I think Honda deserves her more!! :D
- Thank you, I will. (Why is your name a space?)
Neesan (Queen Mab)- Mwa. COME OVER TO MY HOUSE!!! NOOOWWWWWWWW!!!!!! Then we can watch what you call "Otogi goodness" on my DVDs. I'm also going to force you to watch episode 80. (Which brings up the question… why am I not writing a Jounouchi/Mai fic? Hmm… Actually, in truth, I want to, but I can't think of a plot…) OH! HERE YOU ARE!!!
Diamond- Arigatou!
Black Magician Girl- …YEAH! Actually, I think I maybe went too far with the Christmas chapter… whatever.
Hikari Briefs/Alexi Serenitia- Mwahahaha!! You are on AIM right now, so you may be the first to read this chapter!!!
Frying Pan Girl- …WHERE?! I WANT TO SEE!!!
Anime*Angel- XD That's one of the many hilarious quotes in the Christmas chapter… and I still have a few up my sleeves.
(Link and) Luigi- I'm sorry that I smote you! Sniff… But Yuugi's pajamas are MINE!!!! (http://www.boomspeed.com/yugi_h_2_oh/sleepyuugi.gif) The Japanese level is increasing a tiny bit now, only because I've decided that the chapters are going to have names in Japanese instead of stupid LETTERS. Otogi SHOULD be with Honda. They're perfect for each other! They're ALWAYS together after Otogi comes into Batoru SHTEE!!! They hung off a blimp together! YAY!!!!
Okay, I think that's it. See you next chapter! *waves*
Next Chapter
Chapter Four: Deeto janai mo! (It's not a date!)