R.J: I'm back with another chappy!
Kaiba: Already? That was quick."
Yami: What's it gonna be about?
R.J: You'll see, I'll try to make it long, maybe as long as the last one.
Bakura: How long was the last one?
Yugi: Well if you put it in the Microsoft word, it's about 9 pages.
Yami: You're right, that is long.
R.J: Who wants to do the disclaimer?
Everyone else: I do!
R.J: Well, let's see, Seto you do it, since I love you so much. ^_^
Kaiba: Yugi-oh and all related things do not belong to R.J.
R.J: Okay, Yugi, please do the dedication.
Yugi: She dedicates this chapter to her best friends, C.T, Mirra and Bea, her little sister and her other friends.
R.J: On with the story.
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Ayane didn't say anything for a moment. Her eyes stared into Kaiba's. Then she just sighed. She took her book and started reading it again.
"Just do half and I'll do half, tell me when you're done." Ayane said coolly.
Kaiba frowned a bit. In his heart, he knew he didn't want to hurt her. But from the tone of voice she used, she acted as if she wasn't hurt at all. When he had said prove it, his feelings weren't all angry, there was something else he couldn't name. Kaiba looked at her. He could see she was indeed a hard working person.
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The bell rang and the whole class started handing in their charts. Ayane handed in their chart.
"Very impressive." The teacher commented.
Kaiba looked up from where he was. He knew for him, approval from a teacher was nothing new, but he didn't bother to look at Ayane's half of the work. He took the extra copy (there were two copies, a teacher's and a student's) and scanned what she had done. It wasn't bad, heck; it was as good as his. Now he felt a bit bad....wait, him? Feel bad? Kaiba knew this wasn't his normal self. He felt like getting something off his chest. Maybe he should....apologize?
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"Uggh! That math test was hard!" Joey groaned. The bell had just ringed and students filled the corridors.
"Man, I don't think I got anything right!" Tristan said.
"C'mon guys, it wasn't all that bad. Are you alright now Tea?" Yugi inquired.
"What? Oh, yeah, I'm alright, just a dizzy spell I guess." Tea said.
"Oh, okay, so what classes do you guys have next?" Yugi inquired.
"Culinary Arts" Tea chirped.
"Science." Tristan and Joey both said with a look of pure horror on their faces.
"I've got....study hall." Yugi said, taking out his schedule.
"Well, okay guys, I don't wanna be late, see you later!" Tea waved as she headed in the other direction. The Culinary Arts room was in another building.
"Well, c'mon Joey, we don't want to be late for Science now do we?" Tristan joked.
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When everyone, including, the teacher was gone, Kaiba called out to Ayane.
"Hey, Ayane, I need to talk to you."
"Huh, what is it?"
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R.J: Oooh alone in the classroom!
Bakura: Where am I?
R.J: Somewhere, hehe, back to the story.
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For the longest time there was silence. Ayane just kept looking at her hands and Kaiba just stared at her.
"What is it?" Ayane finally asked.
Kaiba couldn't find it in him to do anything. He wasn't used to being nice. He wasn't use to being with a girl who wasn't an obsessive fan or a gold digger, or a dense flirt.
"Kaiba, we're going to be late for the next class." She said. Her eyes uncertain of where to look.
"You know, it's a bit rude not to look the person in the eye when you're talking to him." Kaiba said, his icy cold tone returning.
"Well, you weren't actually talking to me." Ayane shot back in a calm way.
Kaiba frowned.
"What did you want to tell me?"
Silence.
"We're going to be late." He said as he brushed past her.
Ayane just looked at him, then followed.
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*Yami to Yugi*
(Hikari, what's this subject called.)
(It's called study Hall.)
(What do you do?)
(Study.)
(Don't you get bored?)
(Not really, I have a test after this period so I'm actually lucky.)
(Oh, very well then.)
(Yami?)
(Yes?)
(Have you ever fallen in love?)
(I think not, why do you ask?)
(No reason)
(I see...)
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When Ayane got into the classroom of her next class, the teacher wasn't there. She saw Bakura and gave him a wave before going to her own seat. She sat on the chair and put her hands on her desk. She didn't look at Kaiba.
"I'm sorry you had to be partners with me." She said, smiling a bit as she did.
Kaiba looked up from the papers he was reading (some CEO stuff) his eyes widened. Alright this was definitely weird.
"I mean, I can tell you don't like me that much and-" Kaiba stopped her in mid-sentence by interrupting.
"It's not you Ayane." He said, the tone still cold.
"Then..... what is it Kaiba?" Ayane asked, her eyes smiling weirdly.
Kaiba turned back to his papers.
"No matter who you put me with, I'm still going to be like this, this is who I am, live with it." He said with a smirk.
"Mister personality huh? Well, that's nice." She replied, staring off into space.
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Ryou heard everything. He was mad now. He wanted to go right over there and give Kaiba a piece of his mind.
(Easy Ryou)
(Bakura! Did you hear them?)
(Actually, I did.)
(It makes me mad.)
(Well, don't go charging at him.)
(Can't you curse him or something?)
(Well....)
(No, then I'd have to explain to everybody.)
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The day flew by and soon it was lunch and all six of them were back at the lunch table. Joey was getting tutored by Ayane in Math and Science while every one else ate and talked.
"So you see Joey, that's how you can get the percentage using this formula." Ayane smiled.
"Uh huh, wow, I really get it now!" Joey said.
"Wow, you must be a real Miracle worker." Tristan said to Ayane.
"So how's your first day been going?" Tea asked, her past feelings forgotten now.
"Oh, it was fun, you're school's really nice and Domino seems like a real cool place." Ayane said.
"Wait till you get to see the park, and the mall, oh and everything else!" Tea said.
Everyone started to laugh and started talking about where they wanted to go and what they wanted to show her. It was all okay until Joey made a little comment.
"What I don't understand, is how could you still be alive and sane, when you've been sitting next to Seto Kaiba for the whole time?" Joey said laughing.
"Hey, cool it guys, he's okay you know." Ayane said.
"What? He hasn't brainwashed you has he?" Tristan said.
Both Tristan and Joey started laughing and continuing the wise cracks. Ayane just sat there very uncomfortable, she suddenly found her fingers very interesting. After a while she had had enough of the teases they were making, she stood up.
"I'm gonna um.... go to the library, see you guys later." She said. She walked away.
"Nice going you guys!" Tea hissed.
"Hey, sorry, we didn't know she'd be hurt or anything." Tristan said.
"Yeah, we were just joking." Joey muttered. He then noticed Bakura looking worried.
"What's the problem Bakura? I'm sure she'll be alright." Yugi asked.
"No, it's just that.....she dosen't know where the library is!" He exclaimed.
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Ayane walked through the corridors with no idea where to go. The school was too huge and she had gotten herself lost.
"Where am I?" She muttered to herself.
She looked around, the entire corridor was deserted. She looked at the rooms that she passed. Printing room, Computer Lab 1, Computer Lab 2, Computer Lab 3. (You can guess what comes next right?)
"I guess this must be another building." She said. She was on the third floor of a building; the past floor was full of Audio Visual rooms.
"Oh, I'm beginning to wish I hadn't run out of there." She muttered to herself.
She was looking around, so she didn't notice she was about to collide into someone who was getting out of another room.
The person she had bumped into took a few steps back, thinking it was someone else, (you'll find out who later) but when he saw it was only Ayane he regained his composure.
"Watch where you're going." The cold voice of Seto Kaiba said.
"Oh, Kaiba........sorry." She said not looking at him.
Before anything else, loud voices and footsteps could be heard from where Ayane had been walking earlier. The instant change in Kaiba's facial expression was evident in the way his face fell. The next thing Ayane knew Kaiba had dragged her into the room he had just went out of (Which in fact wasn't a room, but a Janitor's closet.) and was covering her mouth with his hand.
"Ssssh! Be quiet will you!" Kaiba hissed.
Of course, it was likely natural to squirm a bit. The closet was half filled with stuff, and she was very cramped, she could barely move. She realized Kaiba's other hand was wrapped around her waist.
"His hands are warm." Ayane thought to herself as she looked at the hand covering her mouth.
Kaiba soon realized that Ayane had relaxed into his hold. He was aware where his hands were. He was going to speak, except they heard someone outside.
"Where is he?!" A girl said.
"Where'd Kaiba-kun go? Aww, I thought we almost had him there."
"He is sooooo Handsome!"
"Hey girls! Maybe he went over there!"
"Ahhh! C'mon!"
The amount of footsteps heard amazed Ayane. After a while of complete silence, both of them burst out of the Janitor's closet. Both needing more air than what was available in the closet. After a while of breathing....
"Call me weird, were those, oh I don't know....obsessed fan girls?" Ayane said, batting her eyelashes a bit mockingly.
Kaiba coughed. He didn't reply. He tried brushing off some imaginary dirt from his trench coat.
"You know, you didn't have to drag me in with you." She said, looking a bit thoughtful.
Kaiba bent down to tie his shoelace. He was annoyed that Ayane just happened to drop in with the best timing, when he was trying to runaway from his "fan girls".
"If I hadn't you would've told them where I was, you know that." He said, his tone reaching a temperature of 0 degrees.
Ayane leaned against a wall, waiting for Kaiba to finish with his shoelace. When Kaiba had finished and was looking at her, she spoke.
"I wouldn't have done that."
Silence.
"What were you doing here anyway?" Kaiba asked.
"I, I was looking for the library." Ayane said, rubbing her elbow, remembering the incident at lunch.
"Well, at least your brain was smart enough to figure out the right building, then again maybe it was just luck." Kaiba sneered as he brushed past her.
"What?" She asked, trying to catch up with him.
"The library is up another floor from here." He said. "But seeing as there's only 10 minutes left of lunch...." Kaiba said.
"Alright, alright, so I got a bit lost." She said.
The two continued silently going back to their classrooms. Kaiba kept casting short glances to her. She didn't notice though, until they had reached the staircase to the fourth floor.
"What is it?" She asked, looking at Kaiba.
"What?" He said.
"Why do you keep looking at me?"
"You're imagining things." He said coolly.
Ayane shrugged and tucked her hair behind her ear, thinking it was probably something on her face. Kaiba couldn't help but look at her when she did this. Inside his mind (a deep deep small small part he didn't even know existed.) he wanted to caress her face and feel through her hair and.....
Kaiba shook his head furiously. He was just tired, that's why he wasn't thinking straight. Yeah that was it, he was tired. Ayane didn't mean anything and she never will. She's just some girl who happened to walk by. Just some dumb girl.....
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"Hey Ayane!" Bakura greeted, he was waiting by the door to the classroom.
"Hi Ryou." She said, a little less enthusiastic, she still felt a bit weird about Lunch today.
Ryou looked at her with concerned eyes.
*Ryou to Bakura*
(What's wrong with her Bakura?)
(Nothing, she just probably feels a bit weird about that Lunch you had.)
(Oh)
Bakura put his hand on Ayane's shoulder.
"Look Ayane, that incident, well it's, I don't know, just forget about it." He said.
Ayane smiled. They waited for the bell to ring in the corridors. When it did they went in the classroom, but before they went to their seats, Ryou stopped her.
"Let's duel after school." He said.
"Huh? Wow sure, that'd be great!" Ayane said.
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*Yami to Yugi*
(What are you so down about Yugi?)
(I'm worried about Ayane) (Why?)
(I don't know, I wanna know if she's okay.)
(She's fine, infact, she's with your white haired friend right now.)
(Oh, how'd you know?)
(I followed her after she walked away.)
(Where'd she go)
(She got lost.)
(Nothing else happened? She just went back to her classroom then?)
(Well, no....)
(What happened?)
(She bumped into Kaiba.)
(Then what?)
(He dragged her into a room.)
(WHAT?!)
At this point Yugi fell off his chair. Everyone looked and started laughing. The teacher stopped his lecture on the importance of electricity to stare at him.
"Mr. Muto (spell?) Are you awake?" He said, an air of anger in his voice.
"Y-yes sir, I just slipped." Yugi stuttered.
The teacher continued with the lecture. Eventually everybody else took his or her gaze away from Yugi. He waited a while before he decided to talk to Yami again.
(He dragged her into a room?!)
(Well, it looked much smaller than a classroom from where I was standing. Quite smaller indeed)
(He dragged her into a janitor's closet?!)
(Yes, I believe that's what you would call it.)
(Did he do anything to her?!)
(I don't know, I was already returning to the puzzle when that happened.)
(Do you think anything bad happened.)
(I doubt it, I saw her with your other friend just before you entered your classroom.)
(Oh....okay.)
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"So Class, I want a report with a minimum of 10 pages done by lab partners by the end of next week, am I clear?"
The whole class nodded, though inside, many of them couldn't believe this was happening on the first day of classes. They're class was advanced, but they weren't robots!
"Alright, I'll leave you to discuss it with your partners then, but I don't want any noise." The teacher said, amused that he had succeeded in making most of his students miserable.
Once again the class started to buzz with noise. The kind of noise that was pleasing to a teacher's ear, the noise of diligent students. Ayane turned to Kaiba who was still reading the papers from earlier. She waited for a while, hoping he wouldn't have to call his attention. No such luck.
"Kaiba, you're still alive right?" She asked in a bored tone.
Kaiba glared at her and tore himself away from his papers.
"What is it?" He asked in an edgy tone.
"I wanted to talk to you about the report, if that's no too much to ask from you." She said, playing innocent.
Kaiba sighed. Inside, he wanted to smile at her little antic. But his cold demeanor prevented him from doing so.
"Fine, why don't you do one half, I'd do the other half?" He asked, not really waiting for an answer.
"Well actually, I thought we could divide it by topics." Kaiba raised his eyebrow.
"Well," Ayane continued. "You see here are the topics we have to cover, I'll take the first two topics, then I'll give what I researched to you, you can add more I guess, you take the next two, then give it too me, and so on and so forth, after, we could compile and edit everything." Ayane said, a hopeful smile on her face.
"Fine, I don't really care." Kaiba said.
Soon the day whizzed by. Time seemed to just slip away, and before anyone knew it the bell signaling dismissal rang.
"Okay, class dismissed, see you all tomorrow." The teacher for their final subject said.
Everyone started slipping away and out of the classroom. Ayane was the last one to go out, but before she could go far, a hand grabbed her wrist and turned her around to face it's owner. The owner of the hand motioned her to be quiet until the corridor was empty. Then Ayane spoke.
"Is something wrong Kaiba?" She asked.
Kaiba looked at her for a moment before he spoke.
"Listen, I don't want you to tell anyone about what happened with the...fan girls okay?" He said, pulling her closer to him unintentionally.
"What? Of course, I wouldn't do that." She said.
Kaiba glared at her.
"I mean come on, who would want to brag about being stuck with you in a janitor's closet." She said laughing a bit.
"Just don't say anything to anyone." He said.
"Okay." She then looked at Kaiba's hand; it was still holding her wrist. "By the way," she said as she took his hand with her free one. "I'm glad your hands were warm." She said, smiling warmly before she let go.
Bakura was watching from behind a pillar (thingy) and he felt jealousy ebbing in every bone in his body. He suddenly noticed Ayane coming his way, so he pretended no to have been eavesdropping.
With the smile she gave, a small part of the ice around Kaiba's heart melted.
"Hey, I think we have to start on the project right now if we want to finish it." Kaiba said, this was his own way of getting her to stay with him a bit. (Pathetic yes, but oh well...)
"Oh, sorry, I already agreed to go with Ryou somewhere today....I'll make it up to you, I promise." She said, a disappointed smile playing on her face.
Bakura came out from where he was hiding, pretending nothing happened. He met up with Ayane and they both went down the stairs.
"Sorry." Ayane mouthed to Kaiba, disappointment in her eyes.
Kaiba just gave her a mild glare.
"Whatever." He said, once again ice forming around his heart.
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R.J: Haha, well, that's all! Hope it's long enough.
Yugi: R.J, it's 13 pages long. I'm pretty sure it's long enough.
Joey: Why the sad look Bakura?
Ryou: I think she was disappointed to be stuck with me.
R.J: Don't be silly, she just hates to disappoint someone that's all.
Joey: So it's still a KaibaOC pairing right?
R.J: Yap, there's another pairing I'll leave to the readers to figure out.
Kaiba: You mean it's not obvious yet?
R.J: I don't think so, would you do the closing remarks Yami?
Yugi: He fell asleep......
R.J: Wha? Why?
Ryou: He's probably tired from the burping contest he and my Yami had. (Points to a sleeping Bakura.)
R.J: Okeee, then Seto?
Kaiba: My pleasure, thank you all for reading and please leave a review.
Bakura: (Suddenly wakes up, seems to be a bit ahhh....drunk) And whoever reviews gets a free kiss from Seto here or Yami, or for the more picky people over there, a kiss from Ryou!
Ryou: Bakura! What are you doing?!
R.J: (Watches the guys fighting) Note to self, never leave closing remarks to them. Alright everybody just drop a review okay, I'll try to update as soon as I can. = )
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R.J: Someone said something bad about the story....Well that's okay. I guess, alright everybody, sorry if Tea is a little bit out of character, I'm still working on the story, give it a little bit more time.
Ryou: Don't listen to that one guy, the story's good.
R.J: Criticism never hurt anybody.......
Kaiba: Already? That was quick."
Yami: What's it gonna be about?
R.J: You'll see, I'll try to make it long, maybe as long as the last one.
Bakura: How long was the last one?
Yugi: Well if you put it in the Microsoft word, it's about 9 pages.
Yami: You're right, that is long.
R.J: Who wants to do the disclaimer?
Everyone else: I do!
R.J: Well, let's see, Seto you do it, since I love you so much. ^_^
Kaiba: Yugi-oh and all related things do not belong to R.J.
R.J: Okay, Yugi, please do the dedication.
Yugi: She dedicates this chapter to her best friends, C.T, Mirra and Bea, her little sister and her other friends.
R.J: On with the story.
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Ayane didn't say anything for a moment. Her eyes stared into Kaiba's. Then she just sighed. She took her book and started reading it again.
"Just do half and I'll do half, tell me when you're done." Ayane said coolly.
Kaiba frowned a bit. In his heart, he knew he didn't want to hurt her. But from the tone of voice she used, she acted as if she wasn't hurt at all. When he had said prove it, his feelings weren't all angry, there was something else he couldn't name. Kaiba looked at her. He could see she was indeed a hard working person.
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The bell rang and the whole class started handing in their charts. Ayane handed in their chart.
"Very impressive." The teacher commented.
Kaiba looked up from where he was. He knew for him, approval from a teacher was nothing new, but he didn't bother to look at Ayane's half of the work. He took the extra copy (there were two copies, a teacher's and a student's) and scanned what she had done. It wasn't bad, heck; it was as good as his. Now he felt a bit bad....wait, him? Feel bad? Kaiba knew this wasn't his normal self. He felt like getting something off his chest. Maybe he should....apologize?
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"Uggh! That math test was hard!" Joey groaned. The bell had just ringed and students filled the corridors.
"Man, I don't think I got anything right!" Tristan said.
"C'mon guys, it wasn't all that bad. Are you alright now Tea?" Yugi inquired.
"What? Oh, yeah, I'm alright, just a dizzy spell I guess." Tea said.
"Oh, okay, so what classes do you guys have next?" Yugi inquired.
"Culinary Arts" Tea chirped.
"Science." Tristan and Joey both said with a look of pure horror on their faces.
"I've got....study hall." Yugi said, taking out his schedule.
"Well, okay guys, I don't wanna be late, see you later!" Tea waved as she headed in the other direction. The Culinary Arts room was in another building.
"Well, c'mon Joey, we don't want to be late for Science now do we?" Tristan joked.
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When everyone, including, the teacher was gone, Kaiba called out to Ayane.
"Hey, Ayane, I need to talk to you."
"Huh, what is it?"
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R.J: Oooh alone in the classroom!
Bakura: Where am I?
R.J: Somewhere, hehe, back to the story.
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For the longest time there was silence. Ayane just kept looking at her hands and Kaiba just stared at her.
"What is it?" Ayane finally asked.
Kaiba couldn't find it in him to do anything. He wasn't used to being nice. He wasn't use to being with a girl who wasn't an obsessive fan or a gold digger, or a dense flirt.
"Kaiba, we're going to be late for the next class." She said. Her eyes uncertain of where to look.
"You know, it's a bit rude not to look the person in the eye when you're talking to him." Kaiba said, his icy cold tone returning.
"Well, you weren't actually talking to me." Ayane shot back in a calm way.
Kaiba frowned.
"What did you want to tell me?"
Silence.
"We're going to be late." He said as he brushed past her.
Ayane just looked at him, then followed.
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*Yami to Yugi*
(Hikari, what's this subject called.)
(It's called study Hall.)
(What do you do?)
(Study.)
(Don't you get bored?)
(Not really, I have a test after this period so I'm actually lucky.)
(Oh, very well then.)
(Yami?)
(Yes?)
(Have you ever fallen in love?)
(I think not, why do you ask?)
(No reason)
(I see...)
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When Ayane got into the classroom of her next class, the teacher wasn't there. She saw Bakura and gave him a wave before going to her own seat. She sat on the chair and put her hands on her desk. She didn't look at Kaiba.
"I'm sorry you had to be partners with me." She said, smiling a bit as she did.
Kaiba looked up from the papers he was reading (some CEO stuff) his eyes widened. Alright this was definitely weird.
"I mean, I can tell you don't like me that much and-" Kaiba stopped her in mid-sentence by interrupting.
"It's not you Ayane." He said, the tone still cold.
"Then..... what is it Kaiba?" Ayane asked, her eyes smiling weirdly.
Kaiba turned back to his papers.
"No matter who you put me with, I'm still going to be like this, this is who I am, live with it." He said with a smirk.
"Mister personality huh? Well, that's nice." She replied, staring off into space.
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Ryou heard everything. He was mad now. He wanted to go right over there and give Kaiba a piece of his mind.
(Easy Ryou)
(Bakura! Did you hear them?)
(Actually, I did.)
(It makes me mad.)
(Well, don't go charging at him.)
(Can't you curse him or something?)
(Well....)
(No, then I'd have to explain to everybody.)
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The day flew by and soon it was lunch and all six of them were back at the lunch table. Joey was getting tutored by Ayane in Math and Science while every one else ate and talked.
"So you see Joey, that's how you can get the percentage using this formula." Ayane smiled.
"Uh huh, wow, I really get it now!" Joey said.
"Wow, you must be a real Miracle worker." Tristan said to Ayane.
"So how's your first day been going?" Tea asked, her past feelings forgotten now.
"Oh, it was fun, you're school's really nice and Domino seems like a real cool place." Ayane said.
"Wait till you get to see the park, and the mall, oh and everything else!" Tea said.
Everyone started to laugh and started talking about where they wanted to go and what they wanted to show her. It was all okay until Joey made a little comment.
"What I don't understand, is how could you still be alive and sane, when you've been sitting next to Seto Kaiba for the whole time?" Joey said laughing.
"Hey, cool it guys, he's okay you know." Ayane said.
"What? He hasn't brainwashed you has he?" Tristan said.
Both Tristan and Joey started laughing and continuing the wise cracks. Ayane just sat there very uncomfortable, she suddenly found her fingers very interesting. After a while she had had enough of the teases they were making, she stood up.
"I'm gonna um.... go to the library, see you guys later." She said. She walked away.
"Nice going you guys!" Tea hissed.
"Hey, sorry, we didn't know she'd be hurt or anything." Tristan said.
"Yeah, we were just joking." Joey muttered. He then noticed Bakura looking worried.
"What's the problem Bakura? I'm sure she'll be alright." Yugi asked.
"No, it's just that.....she dosen't know where the library is!" He exclaimed.
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Ayane walked through the corridors with no idea where to go. The school was too huge and she had gotten herself lost.
"Where am I?" She muttered to herself.
She looked around, the entire corridor was deserted. She looked at the rooms that she passed. Printing room, Computer Lab 1, Computer Lab 2, Computer Lab 3. (You can guess what comes next right?)
"I guess this must be another building." She said. She was on the third floor of a building; the past floor was full of Audio Visual rooms.
"Oh, I'm beginning to wish I hadn't run out of there." She muttered to herself.
She was looking around, so she didn't notice she was about to collide into someone who was getting out of another room.
The person she had bumped into took a few steps back, thinking it was someone else, (you'll find out who later) but when he saw it was only Ayane he regained his composure.
"Watch where you're going." The cold voice of Seto Kaiba said.
"Oh, Kaiba........sorry." She said not looking at him.
Before anything else, loud voices and footsteps could be heard from where Ayane had been walking earlier. The instant change in Kaiba's facial expression was evident in the way his face fell. The next thing Ayane knew Kaiba had dragged her into the room he had just went out of (Which in fact wasn't a room, but a Janitor's closet.) and was covering her mouth with his hand.
"Ssssh! Be quiet will you!" Kaiba hissed.
Of course, it was likely natural to squirm a bit. The closet was half filled with stuff, and she was very cramped, she could barely move. She realized Kaiba's other hand was wrapped around her waist.
"His hands are warm." Ayane thought to herself as she looked at the hand covering her mouth.
Kaiba soon realized that Ayane had relaxed into his hold. He was aware where his hands were. He was going to speak, except they heard someone outside.
"Where is he?!" A girl said.
"Where'd Kaiba-kun go? Aww, I thought we almost had him there."
"He is sooooo Handsome!"
"Hey girls! Maybe he went over there!"
"Ahhh! C'mon!"
The amount of footsteps heard amazed Ayane. After a while of complete silence, both of them burst out of the Janitor's closet. Both needing more air than what was available in the closet. After a while of breathing....
"Call me weird, were those, oh I don't know....obsessed fan girls?" Ayane said, batting her eyelashes a bit mockingly.
Kaiba coughed. He didn't reply. He tried brushing off some imaginary dirt from his trench coat.
"You know, you didn't have to drag me in with you." She said, looking a bit thoughtful.
Kaiba bent down to tie his shoelace. He was annoyed that Ayane just happened to drop in with the best timing, when he was trying to runaway from his "fan girls".
"If I hadn't you would've told them where I was, you know that." He said, his tone reaching a temperature of 0 degrees.
Ayane leaned against a wall, waiting for Kaiba to finish with his shoelace. When Kaiba had finished and was looking at her, she spoke.
"I wouldn't have done that."
Silence.
"What were you doing here anyway?" Kaiba asked.
"I, I was looking for the library." Ayane said, rubbing her elbow, remembering the incident at lunch.
"Well, at least your brain was smart enough to figure out the right building, then again maybe it was just luck." Kaiba sneered as he brushed past her.
"What?" She asked, trying to catch up with him.
"The library is up another floor from here." He said. "But seeing as there's only 10 minutes left of lunch...." Kaiba said.
"Alright, alright, so I got a bit lost." She said.
The two continued silently going back to their classrooms. Kaiba kept casting short glances to her. She didn't notice though, until they had reached the staircase to the fourth floor.
"What is it?" She asked, looking at Kaiba.
"What?" He said.
"Why do you keep looking at me?"
"You're imagining things." He said coolly.
Ayane shrugged and tucked her hair behind her ear, thinking it was probably something on her face. Kaiba couldn't help but look at her when she did this. Inside his mind (a deep deep small small part he didn't even know existed.) he wanted to caress her face and feel through her hair and.....
Kaiba shook his head furiously. He was just tired, that's why he wasn't thinking straight. Yeah that was it, he was tired. Ayane didn't mean anything and she never will. She's just some girl who happened to walk by. Just some dumb girl.....
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"Hey Ayane!" Bakura greeted, he was waiting by the door to the classroom.
"Hi Ryou." She said, a little less enthusiastic, she still felt a bit weird about Lunch today.
Ryou looked at her with concerned eyes.
*Ryou to Bakura*
(What's wrong with her Bakura?)
(Nothing, she just probably feels a bit weird about that Lunch you had.)
(Oh)
Bakura put his hand on Ayane's shoulder.
"Look Ayane, that incident, well it's, I don't know, just forget about it." He said.
Ayane smiled. They waited for the bell to ring in the corridors. When it did they went in the classroom, but before they went to their seats, Ryou stopped her.
"Let's duel after school." He said.
"Huh? Wow sure, that'd be great!" Ayane said.
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*Yami to Yugi*
(What are you so down about Yugi?)
(I'm worried about Ayane) (Why?)
(I don't know, I wanna know if she's okay.)
(She's fine, infact, she's with your white haired friend right now.)
(Oh, how'd you know?)
(I followed her after she walked away.)
(Where'd she go)
(She got lost.)
(Nothing else happened? She just went back to her classroom then?)
(Well, no....)
(What happened?)
(She bumped into Kaiba.)
(Then what?)
(He dragged her into a room.)
(WHAT?!)
At this point Yugi fell off his chair. Everyone looked and started laughing. The teacher stopped his lecture on the importance of electricity to stare at him.
"Mr. Muto (spell?) Are you awake?" He said, an air of anger in his voice.
"Y-yes sir, I just slipped." Yugi stuttered.
The teacher continued with the lecture. Eventually everybody else took his or her gaze away from Yugi. He waited a while before he decided to talk to Yami again.
(He dragged her into a room?!)
(Well, it looked much smaller than a classroom from where I was standing. Quite smaller indeed)
(He dragged her into a janitor's closet?!)
(Yes, I believe that's what you would call it.)
(Did he do anything to her?!)
(I don't know, I was already returning to the puzzle when that happened.)
(Do you think anything bad happened.)
(I doubt it, I saw her with your other friend just before you entered your classroom.)
(Oh....okay.)
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"So Class, I want a report with a minimum of 10 pages done by lab partners by the end of next week, am I clear?"
The whole class nodded, though inside, many of them couldn't believe this was happening on the first day of classes. They're class was advanced, but they weren't robots!
"Alright, I'll leave you to discuss it with your partners then, but I don't want any noise." The teacher said, amused that he had succeeded in making most of his students miserable.
Once again the class started to buzz with noise. The kind of noise that was pleasing to a teacher's ear, the noise of diligent students. Ayane turned to Kaiba who was still reading the papers from earlier. She waited for a while, hoping he wouldn't have to call his attention. No such luck.
"Kaiba, you're still alive right?" She asked in a bored tone.
Kaiba glared at her and tore himself away from his papers.
"What is it?" He asked in an edgy tone.
"I wanted to talk to you about the report, if that's no too much to ask from you." She said, playing innocent.
Kaiba sighed. Inside, he wanted to smile at her little antic. But his cold demeanor prevented him from doing so.
"Fine, why don't you do one half, I'd do the other half?" He asked, not really waiting for an answer.
"Well actually, I thought we could divide it by topics." Kaiba raised his eyebrow.
"Well," Ayane continued. "You see here are the topics we have to cover, I'll take the first two topics, then I'll give what I researched to you, you can add more I guess, you take the next two, then give it too me, and so on and so forth, after, we could compile and edit everything." Ayane said, a hopeful smile on her face.
"Fine, I don't really care." Kaiba said.
Soon the day whizzed by. Time seemed to just slip away, and before anyone knew it the bell signaling dismissal rang.
"Okay, class dismissed, see you all tomorrow." The teacher for their final subject said.
Everyone started slipping away and out of the classroom. Ayane was the last one to go out, but before she could go far, a hand grabbed her wrist and turned her around to face it's owner. The owner of the hand motioned her to be quiet until the corridor was empty. Then Ayane spoke.
"Is something wrong Kaiba?" She asked.
Kaiba looked at her for a moment before he spoke.
"Listen, I don't want you to tell anyone about what happened with the...fan girls okay?" He said, pulling her closer to him unintentionally.
"What? Of course, I wouldn't do that." She said.
Kaiba glared at her.
"I mean come on, who would want to brag about being stuck with you in a janitor's closet." She said laughing a bit.
"Just don't say anything to anyone." He said.
"Okay." She then looked at Kaiba's hand; it was still holding her wrist. "By the way," she said as she took his hand with her free one. "I'm glad your hands were warm." She said, smiling warmly before she let go.
Bakura was watching from behind a pillar (thingy) and he felt jealousy ebbing in every bone in his body. He suddenly noticed Ayane coming his way, so he pretended no to have been eavesdropping.
With the smile she gave, a small part of the ice around Kaiba's heart melted.
"Hey, I think we have to start on the project right now if we want to finish it." Kaiba said, this was his own way of getting her to stay with him a bit. (Pathetic yes, but oh well...)
"Oh, sorry, I already agreed to go with Ryou somewhere today....I'll make it up to you, I promise." She said, a disappointed smile playing on her face.
Bakura came out from where he was hiding, pretending nothing happened. He met up with Ayane and they both went down the stairs.
"Sorry." Ayane mouthed to Kaiba, disappointment in her eyes.
Kaiba just gave her a mild glare.
"Whatever." He said, once again ice forming around his heart.
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R.J: Haha, well, that's all! Hope it's long enough.
Yugi: R.J, it's 13 pages long. I'm pretty sure it's long enough.
Joey: Why the sad look Bakura?
Ryou: I think she was disappointed to be stuck with me.
R.J: Don't be silly, she just hates to disappoint someone that's all.
Joey: So it's still a KaibaOC pairing right?
R.J: Yap, there's another pairing I'll leave to the readers to figure out.
Kaiba: You mean it's not obvious yet?
R.J: I don't think so, would you do the closing remarks Yami?
Yugi: He fell asleep......
R.J: Wha? Why?
Ryou: He's probably tired from the burping contest he and my Yami had. (Points to a sleeping Bakura.)
R.J: Okeee, then Seto?
Kaiba: My pleasure, thank you all for reading and please leave a review.
Bakura: (Suddenly wakes up, seems to be a bit ahhh....drunk) And whoever reviews gets a free kiss from Seto here or Yami, or for the more picky people over there, a kiss from Ryou!
Ryou: Bakura! What are you doing?!
R.J: (Watches the guys fighting) Note to self, never leave closing remarks to them. Alright everybody just drop a review okay, I'll try to update as soon as I can. = )
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R.J: Someone said something bad about the story....Well that's okay. I guess, alright everybody, sorry if Tea is a little bit out of character, I'm still working on the story, give it a little bit more time.
Ryou: Don't listen to that one guy, the story's good.
R.J: Criticism never hurt anybody.......