Unfinished Symphony

Disclaimer. I do not own the show, Kazuki Takahashi does.but I will own the first series of Yu-Gi-Oh soon, just sent my money order to Taiwan! I also will be getting the fourth box set when I go to Toronto.

Note: This will be the last chapter that I do in Winnipeg-stop! Now before you take my words wrong I will explain, this is the last chapter that I do in Winnipeg (where I live now), NOT this will be The End or Last Chapter Ever! I would never do that, I am intended to finish this story so I can start on a story I want to really do. It's just that I am moving to Toronto in two weeks so I doubt I will have a new chapter up by then, I will be lucky if I am starting one (which I probably will but not release till I am in Toronto). So this chapter is kind of my release from Winnipeg and the life I have lived here (which is a story on it's own). I wish I could blow up something; Kaiba got to blow up Alcatraz why can't I do something-just kidding!!!! *lol* I also love the sarcastic remarks that Kaiba makes to Jounouchi, I don't know why I came up with them, but I have a dark sense of humor sometimes it scares me. I can just see Kaiba saying that. I also am very proud that I put more character to Jounouchi, he is deeper then some people think he is, at first I thought he was a moron but after what I wrote about him here I know there is more to him then it seems.

Important Announcement: If anyone has any questions about this story I am opened to make a clarifying chapter (seeing how I have a couple of extra ones I messed up). So feel free to comment, question, and criticize. I kind of need it I plan on making a story so I would like to know what I am doing right or wrong. So if you are confused about something just ask!!!! Just don't ask about how it ends, that I am still working on!

Chapter VI: The Battle of the Ticking Clock

The clock ticked closely to the ninth hour in the morning, the classroom was quit, and the students were working as the teacher wrote notes on the board. A figure entered the room, Sumoji-sensei noticed the person he slowly put his chalk down from the board and walked over to the figure that stood in the doorway. Students who were quietly working before lifted their heads up to see what had disturbed the silence of the morning. Whispering could be heard among them as they talked about the person whom had block the doorway. Sumoji-sensei heard the whispering, he looked back at the students and motioned the person outside the door.

Sliding the door shut therefore no one could listen to them, he looked straight at the other person who stood before him and addressed him, "I would like to know what reason why you were late for class today and why you were not here yesterday, Kaiba."

Dressed in his blue Domino school uniform with the collar unbuttoned, Kaiba smiled slightly making his gaze pierce the person in front of him, he answered, "I was ill for most of the day and I had trouble sleeping, so this morning I guess I did what you would call overslept."

A stern look appeared on Sumoji-sensei face as if to counter the look coming from the other. He did not really like Kaiba and didn't care for any of his sorted reasoning; he responded with a firm voice, "That is not what I call a reason for missing class. Yes you were sick, but that doesn't mean you could of not phoned the school to notify us. Also having lack of sleep does not in a any way justify your lateness, Kaiba."

The smile had not left Kaiba's face while he listened to the words coming out from the other's mouth, but they meant nothing to him, just a bunch of jumbled up nonsense tied up with a meaning. Firm tapping of shoes could be heard from down the hall as an image came floating down the hall. Someone was heard running, down the hallway their footsteps becoming louder as the sound approached the two figures talking. The figure that was running stopped as the two who were talking stopped and looked at the person who stood a few feet away from them. The shape of a person who stood alone gasped stepping forward, a girl wearing the pink vest, and blue pleated skirt and bow; the girl's uniform of Domino High. She stood in silence for a moment and slowly bowed at the two starting to speak, "I am sorry for my lateness, there is no excuse for me. I accept my punishment."

One of the two clad in a blue uniform snickered and spoke, "So you accept you defeat without a chance of battle? How pathetic!"

Sumoji-sensei turned to face Kaiba and spat out, "That's enough from you, you will learn what pathetic is when you have to clean the classroom-using your own hands-after school today, by yourself!"

Sapphire eyes twisted in anger, he turned back towards the girl and shot a glance at her that pierced though her emerald eyes. Kaiba whispered her name, "Nikko." Turning around without even responding back to the teacher, he slid open the door of the class and walked inside.

Nikko looked at Sumoji-sensei and asked him, "Will I be punished for my lateness?"

He had observed the unusual heated moment between the two students, but as he tried to comprehend it he didn't understand what it meant. An unknown silence loomed in the air he knew not to ask. He looked at Nikko who patiently waited to hear a response from him, he forced a smile on his face, "No, not today I will find something else for you later, don't think I am going easy on you. Just go inside and catch up on your lesson."

The young girl bowed walking slowly towards to the room, siding the door open she walked in first followed by Sumoji-sensei. The students lifted up their heads when they saw them walk back, before they saw an angered Kaiba enter the room, now entered a solemn-looking Nikko and Sumoji-sensei holding a sleek smile on his face. They wondered what happened, but sensing the oddity of it all decided not to purse their curiosity.

The clock ticked nine-fifteen in the morning of that day. The fifteen minutes before, were unknown and loomed in time. Five minutes for the measure of blindness, five for the hollow echo, and five living in the buried words. Silence filled the room as things returned back to what it once fifteen minutes before. Students worked diligently on their work, pens moved in time with each other, only the sound of textbook pages could be heard in the silence that had entranced the class. It continued like that for over an hour when the sound of the bell broke the spell. Shuffling of papers, movement of the chairs, and the growing jumbled sounds of students talking to each other as they left the class. Each student filed outside the room and joined their group of friends; only one student had remained inside the class still sitting in their desk. One student wearing the blue school uniform with gold clasps, with hands pressed against his head as it slowly was lifted up. Kaiba, who had remained behind lowered his hands from his head, stood up and grabbed his metal brief case leaving the room without a word.

In the cafeteria, noise filled the hall as each student talked with their fellow friends discussing each other's troubles and laughed at the stupid jokes being told. Sitting at a table in the far corner of the hall, Nikko and her friends were having an interesting conversation that erupted into some laughs, one person of which was not laughing.

Hands lifted up in anger at the sudden motion of laughter from his friends, Jounouchi shouted, "What's so funny about that?" Crossing his arms and turning his face away he continued, "You wouldn't have laughed if it happened to you?"

One whose face was as red as an apple, Honda sat with one hand outstretched pointing at Jounouchi, and the other hand holding his stomach; he sat leaning on the bench almost falling off. Gasping to catch his breath he tried to talk while he laughed, "O-h Joun-ouchi it could on-ly hap-p-en to you!"

Watching Honda almost fall off the bench exploding with laughter. Even Nikko had a good laugh in it, she could hardly speck, she just barely calmed down for a second to reply, "Well it was your own fault, cutting across another person's backyard, the dog attacking you, you could of jumped back over the fence, but w-hy d-i-d you-" Not being able to hold it she too like Honda burst out laughing.

Anzu took it upon herself to continue for Nikko because she could hold her laughter more than the others, "It's true what she said Jounouchi, after the dog was chasing you in the yard you could of tried to jump back over the fence. You didn't have to run into the person's house, trashing everything while the dog chased you. I'm surprised that you made it to school on time."

Face flushing red, Jounouchi put his head into his hands, "Why do I always have to mess up everything I do?"

Slight sound of footsteps coming towards them as everyone around the table noticed the sound stop and a sudden shadow loomed over them. Honda stopped laughing and looked at the object standing in front of them with everyone around him following his lead. The tall shadow looked over at them and with a slight smirk a voice came from the lips, "Aww, is the puppy tired today? Maybe you should go to your master and he will walk you home."

Face still hidden in his hands, Jounouchi clenched his teeth together as he muttered, "Shut up. Just shut up Kaiba."

Kaiba put his hand over his ear and replied back mocking, "What was that? Was someone trying to say something? Or was it the whining mumbling of a loser?"

The actions from the person sitting down on the table were swift as Jounouchi stood up from the bench and jumped up on the table moving closely to Kaiba, who looked in time to see him standing above him. Jumping off the table when Kaiba looked directly at him, he lunged himself at him. Kaiba, feeling Jounouchi's weight on him stumbled and lost his balance. They both crashed on the floor, Jounouchi kneeling on top of Kaiba who was a bit dazed having the wind knocked out of him and with his wrists being held to his side. Hazel eyes met sapphire; they looked each other in hatred for moment, all the students now stood circling around both of them like a flock of vultures hunting it's prey. Jounouchi ignored the gasping of whispers from the people around them; he grabbed the collar of Kaiba's blue uniform and lifted it up so only their faces met each other.

Clutching Kaiba by his collar, Jounouchi spat in his face replying, "Watch who you call names Kaiba! You might live to regret it."

A smile twisted back on the brunette's face looking deeply amused at the blonde talking back. He spoke with an unwavering voice, "What are you implying? A threat?"

The blonde snickered back, "No, that was not a threat. I was only implying that you endanger yourself of being an actual good person."

Turning his head away from Jounouchi, he was silent for a moment then he scowled, "I am sure you are very worried about my welfare. You should be more worried about yours."

As fast as the wind blowing across fields, he grabbed Jounouchi's writ- which was still holding his collar-twisted it back, and twisted his other hand that still was in the other's grip. Kaiba moved his legs around causing Jounouchi to be stunned as he found himself being turned around. Sapphire met hazel eyes again; this time Kaiba had Jounouchi pinned under him. Jounouchi looked up to find a fist coming fast towards him, he flinched for a moment as he felt the force of the fist contacting with his eye. A jolt of pain shot though his head like a wildcat strike, hearing the noise of the hit; it sounded as flat as a brick falling off a high building. He saw everything around him fade; the last image was black, falling into nothingness.

A hush could be heard amongst the crowd, they watched every part of it played out, and they could of not guess the turn out of it. They all stared, all eyes watched as Kaiba gave Jounouchi the blow to his eye, and they watched again as he stood up walking away from the crowd with no word of acknowledgement.

Yuugi who ignored the gawking crowd knelt down to Jounouchi and tried to lift his head up from the cold surface. One eye opened up from the blonde that was unconscious a moment ago, the other eye on the left tried to open but felt a cold intense numbness from it. Lifting himself up from where he laid his gaze fell upon Yuugi who knelled in front of him worried and tried to speck but found no words coming from his mouth; that failed him with worry. After picking himself up from the floor the blonde felt himself stumble when the others in his group of friends held him up, their mouths also failing the time on hand.

Lifting his hand up to touch his damaged and swelling eye, Jounouchi ached with pain as he felt it, "Ow, ow. God that Kaiba has such a temper."

The small one out of the group who looked worried at his friend and remained quit for sometime spoke, "I am sorry Jounouchi, it wasn't your fault. He shouldn't of hit you, you didn't hurt him that badly."

Everyone who had watched the fight had left seeing that the interesting part was done and set his or her sight for gossiping. The only ones who remained helped Jounouchi to sit back on the bench, when the brunette with crystal blue eyes decided to give some advice, "I think you should go to the nurse's office, Jounouchi."

Being a bit disoriented Jounouchi nodded starting to get up and walked as the others tried to follow. He turned around, shook his head slowly and spoke with a bit of stillness in his voice, "I'll be alright by myself. It's not like Kaiba's going to come out and jump me in the halls, I think he has already cooled off his anger-on me that is."

Walking off alone the group of friends watch him wandering alone down the long hall of the cafeteria, pass the groups of people who stared and looked at him disdainfully. Each one of them bending towards another person's ear, telling their own-sorted twisted version of the ordeal. Already the word of the fight had spread around the school faster then gossip mongrels that walked around the markets of the Roman Forum back in the times of the Empire. No in this day in age they had telephones; whom needed spies and espionage when you have the fast paced dial of the phone that twisted each detail, like the twisted game they made you play in elementary.

Hearing the tapping of shoes in the distance, Jounouchi turned around to find a young girl running towards him getting closer with each step. Nikko had run to follow Jounouchi after he had left the hall. Finding him still walking slowly down the hall with his hands in his pockets. Catching up to him, she walked beside him without ether of them specking, when Jounouchi broke the silence, "Why did you follow me?"

Side glancing him she answered his question, "I thought you needed some company."

He nodded at her answer, and asked another one with melancholy in his voice, "Do you really think I am a loser?"

Stunned at his question she hesitated, thinking for a moment. Jounouchi turned his head to the side and calmly said, "You don't have to answer it, and I already know the answer."

Knowing what he meant she shook her head and blurted out, "No, you're not a loser Jounouchi! You have faults so does everyone, it's just that you are clumsy person, it's not your fault."

Turning his head back to the right to face her and exposing the left eye that had swelled even more. He spoke with a wretched voice, a voice that not many people heard from him all the time meaning he was serious. He joked at the first word that came out of his mouth "Clumsy, hmm, like a dog? Does that mean what Kaiba says is right?"

Looking stunned at what words came out of Jounouchi's mouth, she couldn't believe that he would give in to being stereotyped so easily; she tried to persuade him, "Don't say that! It's not right and you know that for a fact. Everyone is clumsy in there own way! Do you think that Kaiba is Mr. Perfect? No, he is not and he proves it every time he calls you that name."

A smile started to appear again on his face, like the world would crumble if he didn't smile. He still tried to remain serious but now he was curious, "About Kaiba, what is it between you two? I never understood, six months ago you were all buddy with him, now you don't even give each other the time of day. What happened?"

She hated that the question came up, why? She didn't know the answer ether. Mustering up her feelings she knew she would answer him truthfully without revealing what really happened, now speaking quietly she gave her answer, "We were never really friends, he had a project to work on and I helped him, him doing something else in return. We fought, got along, fought, and finally he realised that he didn't need me anymore on the project."

Wondering what she told him was the truth, but knowing that he had no right to question it he accepted her word. Snickering at her response he spoke back, "That sounds like Kaiba alright, a big yo-yo of contradictions. He just decided he didn't need your help? I hope he gave you something good in return. Well I feel sorry for you it must have been hell to work with him."

Smiling at his good hurmor of it all and not wanting any more details, she laughed back, "Well it wasn't that bad, he can be nice-when he isn't fighting you-that is. I was just glad I got my car fixed, it would have been hell to tell my parents."

Agreeing with what she said, Jounouchi walked with her in silence for a moment thinking deeply. Nikko looked to him wondering what was on his mind, he turned to look at her again taking a serious breath and asking, "I want to know Nikko, what really happened a few days ago. Why did you faint in the hall? Why was Kaiba so scared that he dropped what he was carrying? I thought he was going to follow you with a fainting spell himself. I've never seen him look that scared about anything in his life; only with Mokuba have I ever seen him like that. It was different this time, it's like he saw something we didn't. Tell me Nikko, tell me truthfully, why was he so scared; he never lets anyone see that side of him. Tell me, tell me why did you faint?"

Stopping in her steps, faced flushed and bowed, her eyes streamed down with tears trying to understand what she tried to explain, "I don't know, or understand. Why did I faint? I saw something I guess."

Observing her tears, Jounouchi lifted up his hand to her face brushing away the water obstructing her eyes, his voice as fluid as his hand motion, "You shouldn't cry, there is nothing for you to be ashamed of. What did you see?"

Trembling she shook her head in fear, fear of telling him, fear of him not believing. Moving back from his hand that still touches her face, she turned away from him, her voice shaken, "I-I can't! Yo-ou won'-t understa- nd."

Feeling his hands upon her shoulders, his voice trying to calm her, "It's ok I won't say a thing, I won't judge."

Her sight moved to the side where she saw a shadow in the corner of the wall, looking deeply at it, it moved away. Her mind left the mystery unknown behind the wall shadow and focused on her explanation she will tell as she turned around, her mouth taking the burden of her mind, "I was walking down the hall to my class, I saw a person; a child in the middle of the hall. I walked closer to realize that the child looked like Mokuba-"

Eyes stunned shot open as Jounouchi heard the identity of the child, "Mokuba? How-how, could it be him? What did you do?"

Adverting his stunned look, Nikko continued her heart-tortured tale; "I was thinking the same as you when I saw him. I asked him 'why was he here' and 'that his brother might be worried if he finds he is here'. He said nothing in return; he just ran down the hall, I followed even though I didn't understand why. Soon I find myself on the roof, with Mokuba standing a few feet away from me, I saw his eyes they were black; black like they were lost in their own darkness. Deep inside I knew it wasn't really Mokuba, I asked him who he truly was, again no answer. He just walked up to me handing me a blue rose."

Still perplex by her tale he asked her a question that came to his mind, "Blue rose?"

Nodding to assure him, she explained to what she meant, "Yes, a blue rose; blue like pastel dust with a bit of grey to give it a silvery-blue sheen. I looked at it, examining the color, but that is when I heard a twinkling like crystal glass, my mind went back to the hallway and I saw glass all over the floor, which is when I saw Kaiba. He looked so scared, I went up to him and tried to talk to him, touch him, but he didn't hear me. I turned around to see what he was gazing at, when I saw myself on the floor I tried to wake myself up, I didn't understand what was going on, I still don't. That's when I saw the rose again, I picked it up, and I pricked my finger, looked at the red blood dripping off my finger onto the rose. Then it turned black right in front of me and crumbled, that's the last thing I remember, that and the look on Kaiba's face. I will never forget."

Tears held back streamed down her face again, Jounouchi moved close to her wrapping his arms around her, stroking her brown hair gently. Looking at her face crying on his chest his voice soothing her again, with only three words coming out of his mouth, "I believe you."

Blinking her eyes dry she looked up to Jounouchi, her eyes sparking emeralds, and her mouth lightly gasping out, "You-you truly?"

Deeply looking into her face, he knew inside that she wasn't lying as he motioned his head up and down, assuring her of his sincerity. Keeping her in his embrace he thought, Kaiba you asshole, you don't know what gift that is right in front of you. Blind fool, your own oversight will be your demise one day soon.

Across the hall the wall shadow had returned without being noticed this time, it looked with careful interest at the two embracing. It had heard bits of the conversation not hearing everything. Continuing to look at the couple in the darkness casting like moonlight, the shadow faded out as if leaving its existence unknown for being seen would reveal everything.

Tears continued to stream from Nikko while she broke from the comfort within Jounouchi's arms, looking deeply into his hazel eyes she whispered, "Thank you Jounouchi, but I think you should get to the nurse's office soon your eye is looking worse."

He nodded with understanding as he brush her bangs away from her eyes and lightly spoke, "You'll be okay right?"

Stopping her tears to smile at his concern, with her eyes twinkling like gems underwater she whispered back, "Yeah, I will."

Nodding again he turned away from her and continued to walk down the hall again, she watched him walk away from her. Jounouchi then stopped in the middle of the hall turned around gave her a thumb up; he turned around again walking even further away and turned to a corner leaving her sight of him. The bell rang indicating the beginning of afternoon classes she decided to walk back to her locker before her ten minutes were up before she had to be in class. Walking away from the hall her and Jounouchi shared that moment, it reminded her of the moment she had with Kaiba but the difference was it ended differently.

The future was unknown to her as both of those moments were, like blue and red, two colors which contradict each other but love at the same time. Blue could not be in the same room as red; red tried to conquer blue and blue; blue would try outsmart red. Two colors different, but loved so much they would never agree with each other. Unfortunately what makes them great is what brings them down. The passion and fire of Red, the obsession and iciness of Blue, both are facing a war of eternity. Red vs. Blue: the battle of the heart and mind.

Her mind wandered over those thoughts, she thought of Kaiba and Jounouchi as being the Blue and Red of the present. One with a Blue Eyes one with a Red Eyes, how fitting it was, even the battle of Blue and Red goes unconsciously unknown to this day in time, like the sky and earth will they ever find rest, or will the world be bathed in blood and rain?

Nikko entered the class her mind still in thought and sat unnoticed in her desk, she didn't noticed that Kaiba was there, or that Jounouchi had not returned yet. No she just dazed off in her imaginary world, unknown to the present or the future. Shuffling her books out of her bag, opining them, and copying the notes from the board for history. In history you didn't have to think of the present or the future, just the past of people who tried to captured beauty so the future wouldn't have to look, it was sad the past didn't find it so the present wouldn't have to continue to look in the future of uncertainty. The class wonder off into their books studying the rise and fall of civilizations, the beginning of dreams and the end of decay. Nikko wondered when this story of hers would stop when she didn't even know where it had begun. She side-glance at Kaiba, why did everything in her life involve with him, did he have the answer to her end?

To be continued.

Author's Note: *tears in her eyes* This has to be one the most beautiful chapters I have wrote, so much mind candy!!!!!!! Just to answer you question, no, Jounouchi is not going to be paired with Nikko, I am not even sure there is going to be a romance like the other story, this one is very complicated. Yeah as I told you above this will be the very last chapter that I make in Winnipeg, the next ones will be done in Toronto so if the other's have a different feel to them it's due to the place, but I hope that doesn't change the way this story goes and betters it.