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Jenny: Hey! That's not nice!! *kicks Mandy out of Authoress Room*

Cloe: Newayz…to begin chapter 7!

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My Immortal

By Cloe, Jenn's yami

Chapter 7

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(Ryou's POV(Yesh, I'm actually writing POV))

"Hey, Nika! Nice hair!" Anzu calls.

I blush.

"Thanks, Yami did it for me."

"Yami?"

"I mean, er-"

Uh-oh. HOW do I get myself into these things??

Yugi taps my shoulder.

"I did her hair. Yami just tried to help." He says.

Who knew that Yugi could lie so easily?

"Oh…'kay." She says right before the bells rings.

"Oh shoot! I have first period Trig!" Yugi yelps, running off at top speed.

"C'mon, we have gym together!" Anzu says, dragging me by the wrist towards the gym building.

~~~~~~ One Hour Later ~~~~~~

"I have Algebra now, see ya, Nika!"

I sigh in relief as she leaves. I don't think I could've put up with her any longer, what with her bombarding me with questions about why I look so much like a friend of hers.

"Hey, Ryou. Having a nice day?" Honda asks from behind me.

"It's just wonderful. You?"

Honda rolls his eyes.

"Same. What do you have next?"

"Calc."

He winces.

"I never get calc…"

I shrug and wave back to Honda as I make my way to room 206.

Sitting down near the back, I pull out my romance novel and begin to read while waiting for the rest of the students.

"Look who actually showed up!" A girl scoffs.

Seto Kaiba ignores her, and takes his seat in the farthest back corner, as usual. He scowls down at his desk, and shifts so his face was in the sunlight pouring down through the window.

I realize that he is truly handsome…

I mentally smack myself. What the hell am I thinking?! Seto Kaiba?!?!? Since when did I become a girl? And why am I reading a romance novel???

(a/n: *sweatdrop* Wow, not the brightest light in the house, is he?)

"Hey, you a new girl?"

I look up from the book my previous worries being shoved to the back of my mind.

"Yeah."

"I'm Miho, nice to meet you!"

"Nika. My pleasure, I'm sure."

(a/n: Ahh, Ryou. The nice, polite one…then you look at what he thinks…0.o)

She sits next to me and smiles.

"Whatcha reading?"

"Umh, it's called 'Nightingale's Song'." I respond.

"Ooh, I've read that one! It's a tear-jerker, so be ready." She warns.

I give her a fake warm grin and mutter a thanks.

The class fills, and I stuff the book back in my bag. Almost immediately I can feel myself drifting off into the wonderful day-dreaming world of a school-girls' mind.

"Psst! Nika! Wake up!"

I snap awake and look at the sensei.

"Please stand for the rest of class." He says nonchalantly.

I sigh and stand while sneaking a glance at my watch. Great, I gotta stand for a whole 37 minutes…my eyes widen to the size of dinner platters. Thirty-seven minutes?! Oh Re, why me???

~~~~~~ Precisely 37 minutes later ~~~~~~

"Do problems one through one hundred. Due tomorrow."

My knees weaken and I slump back in my chair.

Miho laughs softly.

"C'mon, it's lunch period! Wanna sit with me?"

The word 'sure' pops out of my mouth, with a slight hint of sarcasm, before I can stop it.

She beams and grabs my bag for me and then pulls me along after her.

(a/n: Jenny: Poor Ryou. I have people pulling me all over school, too. *sighs* Us weaklings must stick together so it will be harder for people to pull us around! Cloe: Jenn, I fear for your health.)

"Hey, this is Nika, I invited her for lunch today!" Miho announces at a table filled with…cheerleaders.

Anzu grins up at me expectantly.

"Nika, you wanna sit next to me?" she asks.

"There's room right here!" another chirps.

Miho ushers me to the space between her and Anzu. Excuse me for not jumping for joy.

"What do you have for lunch?"

"A salad."

"Sounds good. I have turkey…again." Miho says exasperatedly.

"Ugh. I hate it when you get the same kind of sandwich every day." Another cheerleader sympathizes.

This is going to be one long hour…

~~~~~~ End of the school day ~~~~~~

"Oh c'mon! It's just tryouts! You look limber enough. It should be easy!"

"But I don't know the first thing about cheerleading!" I complain in vain.

Miho pushes me into the building anyways.

"I'm captain. Trust me, you have a good chance."

"What do I do?"

She laughs.

"You'll go into that corner with the table and tell us why you should be able to be on the cheer squad."

"But what if-"

"No 'what if' s here! Most of the team likes you already, just get in line. There're only a few people in front of you."

I walk slowly to the line. If I get put on the cheer squad I swear, Miho better sleep with one eye open…

"Nika! There you are!"

Yugi jogs over to me.

"What're you doing here? These are the tryouts!"

"I'm trying out. That's what normal people do when they're at tryouts." I snap.

He looks flustered and slightly hurt.

"Well, since today's Friday and all, I was wondering if you wanted to spend the night again. The others have already agreed to come. So you wanna?"

"I guess so. This shouldn't take long-"

"Nika. You're up!"

Yugi flashes a reassuring smirk (a/n: wait, is that an oxymoron? Oh well).

"So, Nika. Why should you be on the team?" Miho asks.

"I can turn my body into unnatural shapes and yell really loud while doing so."

They stare at me weirdly.

"I'm kidding."

"Oh…"

That's preppy cheerleaders for ya…

"I'm flexible and light, but I can't yell very loudly. I don't even know the school mascot." I declare truthfully.

"Oh, neither do we, all we do is say random cheers and dance! Don't tell anyone, but the school mascot was forgotten a long time ago because it was so hard to pronounce." A girl nick-named Kitsune* says, lowering her voice a bit.

(*Kitsune means fox)

I grimace slightly and quickly try to turn it into a grin, but instead it turns out as a pained smile.

"Something wrong?"

"Oh, no. Just a stomach ache is all." I lie.

"Okay. You can go. We'll tell you if you made it on Monday, 'kay?" Miho says as more of a statement than a question.

I nod, trying my best to look hopeful.

Yugi grabs my arm and hauls me away from the evil gym.

"I liked your first answer better." He states after a moment.

"I'm sure."

He rolls his eyes, and skips off to the group of the oh-so-familiar girls.

"I hear you tried out for the cheer squad, Nika." Joey comments, saying my name with a flourish.

"And we missed you at lunch. Saw you with the cheerleaders, Nika." Honda adds.

My shoulders slump.

"I don't wanna talk about it."

"Wait! Nika!"

I look up at the sky, mentally blaming the gods for this torture.

"I'm having a party this weekend! I was wondering if you'd like to come?" Kitsune asks.

"I'll see if my schedule's open."

"Great! Here's my number! Call me later tonight!"

Before I can respond, she flounces off, her hair blowing back in the wind.

"That was rude." Yugi says.

I smack my forehead.

"This is isn't just her number, it's an invitation! To a party at the Tokyo Hot Springs…"

"Whoa!! Lemme see that!!" Joey yells, seizing the paper from my hand.

"Andy!"

I jump up to try and reach it but Joey holds it up above his head to read it.

"Wow. Says here you might wanna bring a bathing suit if you're the shy type." He jokes.

I glare and snatch it back.

"The day I see all those girls in a hot spring will be the day that Masami Okiu marries Eijiro Futarou!" I snap dryly.

"You actually follow that story?" Honda asks, taking the lead on the way to the game shop.

"Maybe. Whatsit to you?"

"Nothing, I just…never mind."

"Hmph."

Joey punches my arm lightly.

"Forget about it, Ryou. We're just kidding with ya!"

"Maybe I should have Bakura drop you out of windows more often." I growl.

The three of them stand back and blink at me.

"That was uncalled for…" Joey mutters to no one in particular.

"No it wasn't. What's gotten into you, Ryou?"

"Dunno. Mood swings I guess. Happens with all girls. Weren't you paying attention in class when they told us all about that?" I question, already knowing the answer.

"No."

Just as I thought. I am soo good.

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Cloe: Umh…Jenn…why are you staring at me like that?

Jenny:*is glaring fiercely*

Cloe: Aibou?

Jenny: Do you know how much friggin' homework I still hafta do?! But NOO!! I had to help you get ideas for Ryou's attitude problem!!!!*steam comes billowing from ears*

Cloe: Err…thankies?

Shadows girl12: Yes, Tiami is scary. But she plays a big role in this later.^_^

MistralMikasha and MikoIshtar: LOL! Me either…0.o

Treana: O_O Is that ALL you think about when you read this? 'When are they gonna hit on Seto?'??? Jeez…lol, but don't worry, that'll be coming soon!

Seto-Kaiba's-fan: Thank you! I try.^_^

DarkSetoKaiba: Welcome to the review crew!! Thank you for the compliments!! *drags away unconscious Tiami*

AstroFae: Thank you! I need constructive criticism sometimes…thanks for catching my mistake!

Kenshins_Gurl: Yesh, I know what that means. And yes, you DID spell hilarious right.^_^ Ahh, here we go, the daily spelling lesson from Cloe…joy…lol, see ya tomorrow!

Misura: Heheh, writing this is even MORE fun…*cackles evilly* BTW, I tried to send you the picture of Tiami, but I got the email back saying it wouldn't go through. I'll try again later though!

Jenny: . That's not exactly what I wanted…

Cloe: I know! So, is Mandy permanently kicked out of the Authoress Room?

Jenny: You dunce.

Cloe: Wha?

Mandy: Dude, I've been sitting here for hours.

Cloe: *jumps and has heart attack*

Mandy: And you're immortal now get your butt off the ground and tell the nice readers to review.

Cloe: Okay! *jumps up* Please review! I'll give cookies to all who review for me! *holds up the famous home-made chocolate chip cookies made by Jenn's dad* REVIEW!!