Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, nor do my friends, my parents, my older sister, my teachers, my relatives, my hacker, my faulty internet connection, my soon-to-be-dead turtle, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah…
Hi there! As usual, thanks for the many kind reviews, and for you guys for even bothering to read this ficcie!!! ^-^ Anyway, here's the latest installment to Hi, That's Not My Sister and please enjoy!! I can't even write much for this little old section…
Note (revised):
Anzu Mazaki = Tea Gardner
Katsuya Jounouchi (referred to as Jounouchi but called by first name by sister) = Joey Wheeler
Hiroto Honda (referred to as Honda) = Tristan Taylor
Shizuka Jounouchi = Serenity Wheeler
't' thoughts
"t" talking
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italics flashback/reading
Now, to answer some reviewers' questions!!
teafan123 = Well, I'm not Korean or Japanese…I'm actually Chinese, and I am a fan of BoA's too!!! Trust me, hearing her sing Japanese is the bomb!!! My favorite Japanese songs by her are "ID; Peace B", "Amazing Kiss", "Jewel Song and many more!!
Animegurl = Thanks for the compliment…But I don't really think I'm that talented myself…
Geniusgirl = Where?? Where's all the typos!!!?? Oh, just kidding…Thanks for pointing the problem out, though.
Krazi = You see, this is the good thing about our imaginations. We could daydream about being with our favorite bishonen, but the bad thing is, they're not real…T_T
The Merciless Torturer = Yeah, I put the part in about Ryou being a laundry freak for a few laughs. It's nice to know somebody appreciates my dry humor. ^-^
Lynderia = Arigato, your reviews always cheer me up!!!
kaz, Card-Master, SilverStarz424 = And here's the next chappie for you three who had been waiting a long time for it!!!
Hi, That's Not My Sister
Chapter Eight
After a couple of hours going through clothes, more clothes, and yes, even more clothes with a mixture of CDs and manga on the side, the duo had finally managed their way into a café, with Jounouchi's stomach grumbling along the way and Anzu gushing at all of the latest spring fashions that surrounded them. The café was rather homely looking, even grotesque at one angle, but the food there had been claimed to be delicacies from Heaven itself, and at outrageously unbeatable prices, the two friends had to eat there, give or take.
Seating themselves at a table made for two- or as the blond noticed, made for couples- Anzu picked up a menu placed on the table for convenience, cerulean eyes scanning through all the names of potential served meals, while Jounouchi did the same, but drool encompassing the corners of his mouth.
Various shopping bags enveloped their legs, the amount building with each excursion to a store, mini-mall, shopping outlet, and etcera, etcera. As the brunette had promised, she had brought a great deal of things for Jounouchi, ranging from shirts, jeans, jackets- enough to fill three years' full of wardrobes, and the very thought of the process had the blond's mind reeling. All in a matter of hours he had been paraded to fitting rooms, coming out each time in a completely different outfit, and while being dragged elsewhere by the menacing claws of Anzu Mazaki, boyfriends had signaled the teenager pitying looks, making him scarlet to no end.
"Jounouchi- do you remember that strange letter I got in my locker a few days ago? You know, before Seto forced me down to lunch? I never really have a chance to talk to you about it."
Closing the menu that resembled a cutout of a hot-pink rabbit, or more likely Pegasus' obsession with a particular manga, Funny Bunny, Anzu struggled to fish out something out her handbag, her hand groping along the interiors. And while her friend was overly curious about what she had to show him, it was most likely she was taking out the crumpled remains out of that sickening love letter he had written. Even the thought of it still made Jounouchi gag and perhaps maybe even throw up if blood wasn't conveniently drained out of his cheeks.
"Oh, here it is!! I kind of told Yuugi about it before you, though. And Seto knows, too…Is that okay?? Cause I know we always tell each other everything and-"
"-Yeah, yeah…It is…"
"Want me to read it out for you??"
'Read it out??'
"Oh sure…Whatever you want Anzu."
'Why the hell did I just said that??!! This is going to be the end of me!!'
Bitterly cursing at himself, as Jounouchi on the outside tried to plaster on the most innocent of smiles at the girl. The ruse seemed to work as the brunette blithely beamed back, unfolding the creased mess with a sharp turn of fingers, and doing the usual things others would do when about to approach public-speaking status, the blond prepared for hell to freeze over.
"…Dear Anzu,
I had liked you for a long time now- maybe too long. You are the first person I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last person, when I go to sleep. You may only like me as a friend, but I know I can ultimately be the one for you. You give me a feeling of warmth and joy, and until I can get up the guts to ask you out in person, I will be somewhere, waiting for you.
From Yours Truly,
Friend…
Who do you think it could be from?"
Passing the piece of paper over to the teen, Anzu sat in her seat poised- obviously waiting for an answer from the shuddering blond, who in the meantime was wishing that the ground would simply open up and swallow him. How could Shizuka's plan just backfired like this?? Why couldn't he just thought it over before putting the idea into action?? Kaiba was bound to kick his ass to the core of the earth if he wasn't careful about his next actions.
"I don't really know…Some guy that likes you a lot??"
"I already know that Jounouchi, I'm asking you who could it be from. I had Seto and Yuugi rack their heads at it too, but they couldn't figure out any answer…"
"Hey, some secret admirers just like to stay behind wraps. They're meant to be not found out. Maybe the only thing they could handle was just telling their feelings but not their identities. Don't worry so much about it, Anzu."
Hailing a waitress over to his side- Anzu mulled over Jounouchi's answer. If baffling, it seemed that Jounouchi was an expert on secret admirers- something that scared Anzu even more than the destruction of Earth and maybe the whole universe in fact. Ordering iced tea with milk and tapioca for himself and an iced coffee for Anzu, along with a few café treats, it wasn't until the waitress had ventured far from their table that Jounouchi had turned back to azure eyes filled with lurking suspicion.
"Jounouchi…How do you know so much about admirers??"
Oh no…Mistake #69: Leaking out too much info on a supposedly secret scheme. He was going to die if not under the burning gaze of one whose name meant "Apricot".
"Uh…It's logical reasoning!! You see, if you think about it for a while you'll eventually come to the same thing!! Try it, Anzu!!"
While Anzu chewed on this latest discovery, Jounouchi let out a slight sigh in relief knowing he had just saved himself with a quick one, while bound to impress the girl with his newfound intelligence. But he had to admit, it was rather quite obvious in truth, but Anzu didn't need to know that, did she?
"Yeah…I guess you're right there!! Though I could had sworn you had lots of info to spare me so I could get closer to finding out who this guy really is! There's one thing I really want to ask you!"
"What-What is it??"
Sucking in a huge amount of air, Anzu prepared to pop the question (not marriage, you buffoons), in the process making Jounouchi lean ever so closer to her in case she declared it in a low tone of voice.
"Jounouchi, can you- can you help me really find out who this secret admirer is?? Like in those mystery books with those detectives?? We'll work full time to, scour the school every single day and even go through garbage just to see who he is!!"
And as expected of the blond, tan-blond eyes rolling over in overwhelming astonishment, the male conveniently dropped to the wooden floor, a THUD following his sprawled body, prompting many to turn their heads to stare at the spectacle lying on the ground.
"Jounouchi??"
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Jounouchis' Residence
"Onii-chan fainted?? How??"
"I don't really know myself, but we were just talking in the café, and then I asked him something. And then you know, he went straight to the floor…He didn't even ate a thing yet, too…"
"Oh, thank you Anzu, for bringing him here! Oh yeah, what did you say that made Katsuya faint?"
"I'm not really sure myself. I think I mentioned having him help me find out this secret admirer of mine who sent me a love letter, Jounouchi just went down…Here is his order from the café we were eating at, so when he wakes up he can have it as a snack."
Secret admirer?? Letter??
Was Anzu really talking about that letter she suggested her brother sneak into Anzu's locker in early morning? By the way onii-chan fainted, Shizuka had no doubt that the older girl was indeed talking about that love letter. And if Anzu were…This would bring a whole new twist to the already complicating dilemma, and make her ever more susceptible that something was up with Jounouchi and then…It was far too much for the adolescent to take. (Shizuka is 12-13 years old after all…You can tell by the school uniform she wears, which indeed resembles Intermediate status)
"Arigato…Wouldn't Kaiba be getting worried about you? I heard from my brother that he gets really protective of you…" Nimbly taking the doggy bag that the brunette handed out to her, it was clear that Shizuka was trying to divert the subject to something else- something that wouldn't lead back to talk of secret admirers and crushes but to a topic that would count a lot to Anzu.
"Oh, thanks for reminding me!! I got to get home before Seto does or he's gonna kill me…Ja ne, Shizuka!!"
Slamming the front door with a terrific BANG leaving Shizuka's ears to ring incessantly from the noise- followed with a "Gomen" in the distance, the girl glanced over to the male that currently occupied the sofa, chest heaving in and out- the process of breathing.
"Onii-chan…You better be careful…"
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Domino High School
Luckily for the wandering worries of Anzu, Jounouchi had called the following Sunday, addressing her with the fact that his head had been previously hurting at the cafe, making him faint unceremoniously at that moment she asked that he be her partner-in-crime in finding out just who the brunette's admirer was. Accepting the excuse, it wasn't before Anzu asked Jounouchi if he would truly help her with the dilemma, and a clang of sorts followed. It wasn't before hanging up, though, that she mused about the seriousness of the blond's headaches, offering to bring aspirin the next day for Jounouchi's eventual achy head.
Left in the hallway with only Seto in sight- Jounouchi had rushed out of the school minutes ago- Anzu slumped against her locker, frustrated with the latest turn of events. These days, it almost quite seemed that the boy was avoiding her for some unknown far-fetched reason, and though it made the girl miserable, on the other hand Seto was as glad as his personality can let on. At least he didn't have to come in contact with the dog.
"Seto…why is Jounouchi doing this? There's obviously something going on with him, and he won't even tell me! I tell him nearly everything and he won't even do the same! I brought him medicine for his headaches but he said he doesn't need it! Come on, Seto…does someone that keeps fainting on and off doesn't need medicine??"
"Why are you so worried about him, for? You should be lucky that you finally got that pest away! Always hanging all over you and so and such."
"He's not a pest, he's Katsuya Jounouchi, one of my best friends!! Or a dog, a bastard, or any of those other names you call him!"
Folding her arms while she turned the other way to evade the anger emanating from her so-called brother, it was definitely clear it was going to be one of those days where Seto was disagreeable as hell. Though Anzu never wished to admit it out loud, sometimes she despised the CEO with a passion; always putting down her friends, being oh so great and mighty towards others, and always being too overprotective of her!! If she could just break off the shield he held over her, maybe once in a while Anzu wouldn't be as crabby, wishing that something would just come out of the ground and devour Seto, as of right now.
"Look, I'm sorry to get you so angry, but that Jounouchi is nothing more than a mediocre dunce! Even Yuugi and the others you hang out with, are more fitting to my taste than him!! At least Yuugi had proven worthy of my respect and is one rival that I count on to being a worthy challenge, but-"
"-Whatever, Seto, I'm gonna go wait out for you in the limo outside if you ever decide to cool off and come to your senses. You may be a prodigy, but your common sense is one even Mokuba can't depend on."
Walking off in a huff, dingy brown loafers hitting the floors, the teenager could only watch as Anzu eventually disappeared from view, as he hung his head down. He could always count on himself to make Anzu angry.
Hearing faint footsteps off to the side of him, Seto gyrated his head towards the source of the steps, surprise befalling his face upon seeing one of the janitors- an unattractive man in his 40s' with faint signs of a goatee forming on his chin, and well-known to be in Domino High at the very crack of dawn. His name: Tajiri Ado or rather Mr. Ado, in formal terms and he was carrying a mop with him and a bucket of soap water.
"Well, seems like I've finally found you, Kaiba. You're been a very hard student to find alone. I had been meaning to talk to you for a while."
"What do you want, Mr. Ado? I'm a busy man, you know."
"Doesn't look like it, when all you're doing is just standing here, looking after your 'sister', even though she left couple of minutes ago. And after saying what I have to say to you, you'll be very glad I found you here when I did."
Dipping his mop into the bucket, Mr. Ado went to mopping the scuffed linoleum floor, keeping in mind Seto was watching him out of the corner of his eye- with one quick sweep after another, a section of the tiled floor was sparkling spic-and-span.
"Fine. Then let's hear it, Mr. Ado."
"Remember the day Anzu received her love letter?"
"What??! How did you know-"
"Save the surprise for later, and let me talk. Sheesh, kids these days…Ever wonder who's the person who wrote it and put it in her locker?"
Sapphire eyes widening at the revelation- could it just be possible that the one who held the answer to this whole mystery, was actually Mr. Ado, a shmoe making a living off cleaning after students and teachers, this average person??
"Tell me!!"
"It's the one you hate most: Katsuya Jounouchi, the one you claim is being lecherous around your precious Anzu?"
Hell must had frozen over at that moment, Seto supposed, a look of trauma and disbelief covering his usual frowns and smirks, as the man uncharacteristically kneeled to the floor, too shocked for one- or anyone else to believe. His worst enemy in love with Anzu?? His Anzu??
A/N: Yeah, I guess Seto finally find out. That spells trouble for Jounouchi and Anzu ever being together doesn't it? And what about Seto's own feelings for the brunette?? Will they grow from this moment? Watch out, next chappie, when Seto confronts Anzu with the answer to her questions!! Will Jounouchi keep on fainting?? And will Mr. Ado make more freaky-sounding revelations?? Anyway, PLEASE R+R!!!!
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